Private Records of 500 Seniors Lost or Stolen
One would think that in our world of subsequent technological breakthroughs, where kids are born with computers, iPods and Facebook within reach, people would choose some other means of transporting private records than having it printed clearly on paper and mailing it in an envelope. Apparently, if you think like that, you’re wrong.
As Boston Herald reports, personal information of nearly 500 seniors who received flu shots in Wellesley has been lost or stolen. When the envelope containing their private records reached a Medicare office in Boston torn and void of any data. The Postal service is still trying to figure out what has happened there. Seniors will now receive snail mail announcing them that their social security numbers, addresses and dates of birth might have been exposed. I wonder, will these envelopes reach them?
