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| A view of the 56 Dean street clinic in London |
A clinic in the United Kingdom, which is run by the Chelsea and Westminster NHS trust, apologized after it mistakenly revealed the HIV positive status of nearly 800 patients.
The 56 Dean street clinic in London sent a newsletter on Tuesday that disclosed the names and email addresses of about 780 HIV patients.
Britain's data protection watchdog is likely to launch a major investigation into the privacy breach, thought to be one of the biggest of its kind..
The 56 Dean street clinic in London sent a newsletter on Tuesday that disclosed the names and email addresses of about 780 HIV patients.
Britain's data protection watchdog is likely to launch a major investigation into the privacy breach, thought to be one of the biggest of its kind..
Elliot Herman, 38, from London, said the email contained the names of friends who had never disclosed their status to him before.
"It;s not difficult to put those names into facebook and bring up their profiles and personal details," he said.
"If my details were on that list i would feel angry and disappointed at the clinic for having such a s*** system that this can happen."
Source: MSN
That is too bad of them
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