The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The spokesperson for Hospital Authority (HA) made the following announcement today (February 6) regarding an incident of loss of staff data by an insurance company.
The HA was informed by the insurance company yesterday's evening (February 5) that an employee had lost the insurance claim documents containing personal data of 31 HA staff on the way back home by taxi on February 4 evening. Efforts have been made to retrieve the documents but they have not been located as yet, although they are continuing to do so. The insurance company had reported the incident to the Police and will report to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data. The insurance company will also inform and explain to the HA staff concerned.
The HA is very concerned about the incident and will follow up with the insurance company on the progress.
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