There’s a follow-up to a breach reported recently in this blog. John Harding reports:
Island Health is apologizing for a breach of privacy that put personal information of its clients up for sale at a local thrift shop.
The NEWS broke the story of the breach in its Thursday edition. A local woman purchased file dividers at the Parksville SOS Thrift Store which had tabs containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and provincial health numbers of Island Health clients. The dividers were for sale for 10 cents each.
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Wilson said Island Health believes the information got loose during the move of some community programs to the Oceanside Health Centre. Island Health programs scattered throughout the region were moved into the OHC when the facility opened in Parksville in June of last year.
Read more on Parksville Qualicum Beach News.