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<font size=3>I would imagine any combination of personally identifiable
information that could be used to impersonate someone.<br>
Medical records are supposed to be protected under the HIPPA laws, but to
date, NO ONE has been prosecuted/fined for violations, and they are
indeed widespread. I myself have had private medical information leaked.
I filed a complaint, but it falls on deaf ears. Ears that are intending
to protect the wrongdoers.<br><br>
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At 19:05 6/27/2006, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">And what is a "record"
in this case? A single name-to-address or<br>
name-to-SSN mapping, or the whole block of name/addr/phones/ssn/<br>
license-plate/preferred-underwear-brand/criminal-record/allergy-list?<br>
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