Had to happen sooner or later, right? The letter that Blue Cross of NJ was kind enough to send me after an employee’s laptop was stolen with my info on it:“The stolen laptop contained the personal information of approximately 300,000 Horizon BCBSNJ members and included names, address, and Social Security numbers. There was no medical data on the stolen laptop. Horizon BCBSNJ believes that it is highly unlikely that any personal data stored on the stolen computer has been accessed. The computer was password protected. Also, on January 23, 2008, a security feature was initiated that destroys all of the data on stolen computer.”
Let’s dig a little Celebrex deeper, shall we?
“...no medical data on the stolen laptop.”
Thank God. Wouldn’t want the x-ray of my broken leg to fall into the wrong hands. Oh, wait, Social Security numbers? Let’s give those out though.
“...highly unlikely that any personal data stored on the stolen computer has been accessed.”
Call me Reagan crazy, but I like to verify before I trust. They don’t even know where it is. How do they know it hasn’t?
“...a security feature was initiated that destroys all of the data on stolen computer.”
Like what, a gremlin pops out of the CD-ROM drive with a hammer and smashes the hard drive? Here’s what I’m thinking: LOJACK THE FUCKING THING NEXT TIME MILTON HAS A DATE AND FORGETS TO LOCK IT IN THE TRUNK.
On second thought, maybe I’ll sue.
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This happened to my parents and possibly myself also. Sucks.
according the the records i just accessed, your viagra prescription is not covered under your plan. sorry.
You know, on second thought, Pfizer could corner both ends of the market and come up with a pill to help kill erections lasting longer than 36 hours.
Maybe get Hillary to sponsor it.
OH!
Yeah, my wife and kids are included in that. What ticks me off is that Horizon is sweeping the whole thing under the rug and letting it blow over. Since the story broke, no one is holding them accountable. No one is being held accountable. No one is being fired for the stupidity of allowing an employee to take home 300,000+ records with all the standard PII and social security numbers. My wish is that the employee, the supervisor, the Privacy Officer, the CTO and the CEO should all be fired. But that will never happened.
Could you imagine if this had been an ad agency screw up... you know ad folks would be running for cover as severed agency heads roll down the cubicle aisles.
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