Stolen UM Clinic Tapes Contain Patient Data

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Fri, 2007-09-14 06:00

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University of Michigan is alerting over 8,000 patients of the university's Community Family Health Center after backup tapes containing patient data were discovered stolen. UM is sending two different letters to different patients depending upon the patient information contained on the tapes. The first letter, already sent to 4,513 people, let patients know that the tapes contained their name, address and medical information. The second letter, that the university plans to send to an additional 4,072 individuals, will let patients know that along with name, address and medical information, their Social Security number was also on the stolen backup tapes. UM police are investigating the theft but the university has no further information on the theft.