Litigation
Dec. 15, 2011
UCLA sued over loss of patient data
UCLA Health System found itself on the receiving end of a proposed class action Wednesday for its admitted loss of an external hard drive containing the personal information for 16,288 patients.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In a continuing trend of legal action following health data security breaches, UCLA Health System found itself on the receiving end of a proposed class action Wednesday for its admitted loss of an external hard drive containing the personal information of 16,288 patients.
The hospital system announced the theft, from a doctor's home, on Nov. 4 and said the data on the hard drive was encrypted. Ho...
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