Joe Rojas-Burke reports the unsurprising news:
Oregon’s Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of lawsuit seeking compensation for tens of thousands of people whose confidential records were stolen from Providence Health & Services in 2006.
The breach occurred when a car prowler broke into a van parked overnight at the home of a Providence employee who left computer disks and data tapes in the van. The records, some going back 20 years, contained Social Security numbers and medical information for 365,000 people. The ensuing uproar triggered a state and federal investigations and helped convince lawmakers to enact stronger privacy protections in Oregon.
Read more on The Oregonian.