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Medical Practice Warns Patients Over Data

Friday, April 08, 2005 3:31:50 PM
By RACHEL KONRAD

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A medical practice has bad news for 185,000 patients — their personal information might have been compromised. San Jose Medical Group began sending letters to current and former patients in California earlier this week after thieves stole two office computers on March 28.

The computers contained names, addresses, Social Security numbers and billing codes that could be used to deduce medical histories.

It was unclear whether any patients have become victims of identity theft, police said. The department's fraud unit was investigating.


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