In a classic email snafu NHS Highland sent messages to 37 patients infected with HIV and inadvertently used carbon copy (CC) instead of Blind Carbon Copy meaning the recipients could see each other’s email addresses. This is according to Britain’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, which has “reprimanded” the Health Board, which serves a regional population of some 320,000 people and has an annual operating budget of £780 million ($964 million).

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