Thielen Student Health Center (TSHC) experienced a data leak where inadvertently disclosed student information could be seen.
Erin Baldwin, director of Thielen Student Health Center said on Nov. 5 the TSHC experienced a breach in their system when a coding error occurred as they put student information into a system to be sent out as patient satisfaction survey.
I found the report a bit confusing (maybe I was caffeine-deprived while reading it), so I contacted the health center to ask for clarification. It seems that the center e-mails survey invitations and they personalize the invitation, e.g., “Hi Dissent, Please tell us about your recent appointment with Dr. Doe.” As a result of the coding error, patients who opened the invitation e-mail might have seen another patient’s name and the other patient’s doctor’s name.