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Company: South Shore Hospital
Penalty: $475,000
Year: 2012
Date: May 24, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: South Shore Hospital agreed to pay $750,000 ($275,000 forgiven to reflect measures taken) in settlement of an alleged data breach when it failed to ensure the security of computer tapes shipped off-site.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
Facility City: South Weymouth
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