http://www.numbrx.net/2006/08/02/vassar-brothers-medical-center-patients-data-exposed/ Personal Data Exposure Reports Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:08:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.numbrx.net/2006/08/02/vassar-brothers-medical-center-patients-data-exposed/#comment-154 Raptoredor Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:42:33 +0000 http://www.numbrx.net/2006/08/02/vassar-brothers-medical-center-patients-data-exposed/#comment-154 I got this letter... but then today I got a letter from the "Secretary of Vet Benefits and Affairs". Same deal a stolen laptop yada yada yada. Beginning to believe this is yet another of the scams somehow that run rampant these days. Fortunately if anyone were to steal my ID they'd give it back. I screwed my credit up long before the internet was ever even dreamed of so I don't get too worked up over these things. They probably do it to verify there's a real person. Lets face it, anytime anything is done with a credit report, checking it etc it becomes a matter of record. Maybe the bastards just want you to react so they know they are on to something! I got this letter… but then today I got a letter from the “Secretary of Vet Benefits and Affairs”. Same deal a stolen laptop yada yada yada. Beginning to believe this is yet another of the scams somehow that run rampant these days. Fortunately if anyone were to steal my ID they’d give it back. I screwed my credit up long before the internet was ever even dreamed of so I don’t get too worked up over these things. They probably do it to verify there’s a real person. Lets face it, anytime anything is done with a credit report, checking it etc it becomes a matter of record. Maybe the bastards just want you to react so they know they are on to something!

]]> http://www.numbrx.net/2006/08/02/vassar-brothers-medical-center-patients-data-exposed/#comment-104 willow Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:33:44 +0000 http://www.numbrx.net/2006/08/02/vassar-brothers-medical-center-patients-data-exposed/#comment-104 Call one of the credit reporting agencies to have a fraud alert placed on your record (toll-free number, free to place a fraud alert, the agency you contact will contact the other two for you). Within 90 days of placing fraud alert on your record, request a free copy of your credit report from each of the three credit reporting agencies (again, all free). If you're going to argue that time is money, then whine about how Vassar should pay you for the ten minutes it takes to accomplish these things. Outrage...whatever. Call one of the credit reporting agencies to have a fraud alert placed on your record (toll-free number, free to place a fraud alert, the agency you contact will contact the other two for you). Within 90 days of placing fraud alert on your record, request a free copy of your credit report from each of the three credit reporting agencies (again, all free). If you’re going to argue that time is money, then whine about how Vassar should pay you for the ten minutes it takes to accomplish these things. Outrage…whatever.

]]> http://www.numbrx.net/2006/08/02/vassar-brothers-medical-center-patients-data-exposed/#comment-100 Vassar Brothers MC Sends Follow Up Letters - numbrX Security Beat Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:47:32 +0000 http://www.numbrx.net/2006/08/02/vassar-brothers-medical-center-patients-data-exposed/#comment-100 [...] Vassar Brothers Medical Center has sent out a follow up letter to help patients whose personal data was on a laptop computer stolen from the hospital in late June. The letter, dated Aug. 16, says the hospital understands the difficulty patients have had in contacting the credit bureaus to place fraud alerts on their credit reports. “In an effort to ease this process for those who encountered difficulties contacting the credit bureaus, we have prepared a form in conjunction with Trans Union that can be filled out and sent back to Trans Union via U.S. mail,” the letter says. [...] […] Vassar Brothers Medical Center has sent out a follow up letter to help patients whose personal data was on a laptop computer stolen from the hospital in late June. The letter, dated Aug. 16, says the hospital understands the difficulty patients have had in contacting the credit bureaus to place fraud alerts on their credit reports. “In an effort to ease this process for those who encountered difficulties contacting the credit bureaus, we have prepared a form in conjunction with Trans Union that can be filled out and sent back to Trans Union via U.S. mail,” the letter says. […]

]]> http://www.numbrx.net/2006/08/02/vassar-brothers-medical-center-patients-data-exposed/#comment-77 Asgar Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:14:15 +0000 http://www.numbrx.net/2006/08/02/vassar-brothers-medical-center-patients-data-exposed/#comment-77 This an outrage! They should be paying for my credit monitoring fees. This an outrage! They should be paying for my credit monitoring fees.

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