A young man in PQ Systems' hometown survived a dramatic auto accident last summer in which police-captured video footage of his spectacular, airborne vehicle was broadcast throughout the nation. That was just the beginning of his problems, for during his hospitalization, his medical records were apparently accessed by unauthorized hospital personnel and leaked to those outside the hospital.

A recent dramatic case of health-care data breach occurred when gamers who were seeking bandwidth to play a video game accessed a server storing protected information on 230,000 patients at Seacoast Radiology in Rochester, New Hampshire.

News reports bring frequent stories about leaks that can cause not only embarrassment, but also legal action or threats to physical well-being.

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