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NYC Dermatologist Emails Spreadsheet Containing Personal Info for 15K Patients

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Dissent

Ida Siegal reports:

When Missy Brown opened her email Monday morning, she was stunned to find a document from her doctor’s office containing personal information for 15,000 names.

“I think the subject line said ‘coupon attached,’ and I saw that there was a spreadsheet attachment,” she said. “As soon as I opened it, I saw that it was a spreadsheet that had personal information in it.”

The document was a detailed list of nearly 15,000 names and corresponding addresses, appointment dates and Social Security numbers, all from the office of Dr. Mary Ruth Buchness, a dermatologist in Soho. It’s not clear how and why the file was sent out.

Read more on NBC. There is no statement on the doctor’s web site as of the time of this posting. The video clip with blurred spreadsheet shows that gender and date of birth were also among the data types exposed.

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