An employee fired after computer discs and tapes with records of 365,000 patients were stolen from his van is suing Providence Health System, claiming he was fired for reporting the theft to authorities. Steven Shields is seeking at least $1 million in back wages and damages. A year ago, Providence agreed to pay over $95,000 to the state Department of Justice to settle an investigation into what state officials called the largest such data breach in Oregon history.
September 06, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
An employee fired after computer discs and tapes with records of 365,000 patients were stolen from his van is suing Providence Health System in Oregon state court, claiming he was fired for reporting the theft to authorities.
Steven Shields, who was a Providence information systems analyst, contends he was told to take the 10 computer discs and data tapes to his Milwaukie, Ore., home.
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