This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Health Care & Hospital Law

Dec. 17, 2010

Health Agency Suffers Data Breach

The state agency tasked with investigating privacy breaches at medical facilities announced Wednesday that it was being investigated for a data breach of its own.


By Emma Gallegos


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The state agency tasked with investigating privacy breaches at medical facilities announced Wednesday that it was being investigated for a data breach of its own.


The California Department of Public Health reported that it lost a back-up tape that included the records of 2,550 patients in the mail in September. The investigation into the incident is being routed through the state's Information Se...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up