PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION FOUND IN DUMPSTER

26 April 2010

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control issued a warning that as many as 1,800 residents may have had their personal information compromised by the Department’s failure to properly dispose of documents. The agency stated that it is making every attempt to notify affected individuals. Department policy is to shred the documents, and according to the agency the employee who failed to follow that policy has been terminated.

Source: WYFF Greenville – Columbia, South Carolina