A list containing the names and addresses of 6,500 people people with HIV/AIDS has been emailed to 800 people in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The highly confidential list was accidentally attached to an email sent by health department statistician John W. Nolan, the Palm Beach Post reports.
The recipients of the email were all county health department employees the paper reports.
Nolan is responsible for compiling data on HIV/AIDS cases for West Palm Beach.
4,500 people on the list have AIDS, the others were listed as HIV-positive.
Health department spokesman Tim O'Connor confirmed the error. It is not known if all the people on the HIV list have been informed of their status.
365Gay article
Monday, February 21, 2005
Ah, the benefits of the information age
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