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B.C. accidentally auctions medical records
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| Sun. Mar. 5 2006
Posted on 03/05/2006 9:00:21 PM PST by Calpernia
A man who purchased 41 tapes from the B.C. government found himself the unexpected owner of 77,000 personal medical files.
The tapes included records such as HIV status, substance abuse history and mental illness.
The man bought the tapes at a public government auction with the intention of selling them.
The man, who assumed the tapes were blank when he purchased them, handed them over to the Vancouver Sun when he realized the information they contained.
Minister of Labour Mike de Jong said an investigation is underway into how the sensitive records ended up on the auction block.
"It is completely unacceptable for information like this to be unsecured in the way this clearly is,'' he told The Canadian Press.
The Vancouver Sun's technology specialist said it appeared no attempt had been made to erase the information from the tapes before they were sold.
TOPICS: Canada; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: auction; auctions; canada; hiv; medicalrecords; socializedmedicine
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:00:26 PM PST
by
Calpernia
To: Clive
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:00:44 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Calpernia
This has got to be Bush's fault.
To: Navy Patriot
I thought it was Katrinas :P
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:04:00 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Calpernia
arent they all in indian anyways so who cares
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:04:11 PM PST
by
Flavius
(Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: Calpernia
All I could picture was the cartoon with the Zot lightning bolt.
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:07:14 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: fanfan
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:28:40 PM PST
by
ferri
(Be Politically Incorrect: Support the Constitution!)
To: Calpernia
To: Calpernia
A man who purchased 41 tapes from the B.C. government found himself the unexpected owner of 77,000 personal medical files. The tapes included records such as HIV status, substance abuse history and mental illness. Yet another example. All of the "Government knows best, never question LEO" `bots just keep repeating....
"I will give all information requested. I have nothing to hide."
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posted on
03/05/2006 10:00:01 PM PST
by
TLI
(ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA, Minuteman Project AZ Day -1 to Day 8, Texas Minutemen El Paso, 32 Days)
To: jan in Colorado
"Why We Can't Trust Having Records Kept Even by Well-Meaning Bureaucrats" ping
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posted on
03/05/2006 10:58:35 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Calpernia
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posted on
03/05/2006 11:36:53 PM PST
by
kajingawd
(Humans share 50.6% of their DNA with bananas.... I can't wait for the next Evolution.)
To: Calpernia
The man, who assumed the tapes were blank when he purchased them, handed them over to the Vancouver Sun when he realized the information they contained.
Which ofcourse is everyones first reaction?!?
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posted on
03/06/2006 3:55:39 AM PST
by
HHKrepublican_2
(OP Spread the Truth....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535158/posts)
To: Calpernia
I thought the title was telling us that Bill Clinton was finally releasing his medical records and trying to make a buck while he's at it
To: wally-balls
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:00:35 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: ferri; GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; Ryle; ...
Canada Ping!
Please FReepmail me to get on or off this Canada ping list.
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:52:29 AM PST
by
fanfan
( "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality" - Ayn Rand)
To: wally-balls
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posted on
03/06/2006 12:08:30 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
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