#IDS - News - RSS 2.0 IDS - Sports - RSS 2.0 IDS - Campus - RSS 2.0 IDS - Arts - RSS 2.0 IDS - Nation & World - RSS 2.0 IDS - City & State - RSS 2.0 IDS - WEEKEND Magazine - RSS 2.0 IDS - INside Magazine - RSS 2.0 IDS - Happenings Calendar - RSS 2.0 IDS - Hoosier Hype - RSS 2.0 ClassifiedsDiningHousingBusinessesHealthReligionHappenings Check out the 2010 Best of Bloomington results Indiana Daily Student Thursday, June 23, 2011 | Last Update at 09:52 PM EDT HOMENEWSSPORTSOPINIONARTSBLOGSMULTIMEDIAWEEKENDINSIDEARBUTUSSPECIALS SEARCH ____________________ ABOUT US ADVERTISING INFO CONTACT US FEEDBACK PRIVACY RISING STARS CAMPUS REGION IU BASKETBALL BASKETBLOG HOOSIER HYPE LITTLE 500 THE SAMPLE GATES THE RADISH BASKETBLOG FOCUS HOOSIER HYPE LIVE BUZZ SAMPLE GATES WEEKEND WATCHERS SCOOP THE RADISH FOCUS SCOOP LIVE BUZZ WEEKEND WATCHERS BEST OF BLOOMINGTON ORIENTER LITTLE 500 City & State Women alerted to possible identity theft By Alyson Brodsy | AP Reports POSTED AT 12:00 AM ON Nov. 27, 2006 PRINT | Email | Editor | SHARE | COMMENTS (0) | Recommend (0) EVANSVILLE -- Two computers containing health records on people in the state's Breast and Cervical Cancer Program were stolen, leaving more than 7,500 Indiana women at risk of identity theft, officials said. The computers were taken earlier this month from a health center in Jeffersonville, Ind. The center contracted with the Indiana Department of Health to manage information in the state's Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, said department spokesman Erik Deckers. Data stored on the computers might include a person's name, address, Social Security number or medical or other information, Deckers said. Two passwords protect the data, and the stolen computers can no longer access the information. The department mailed 7,700 letters to those who might be vulnerable to identity theft. The department recommends requesting credit reports, watching for unusual activity and placing fraud alerts on credit records. The Jeffersonville Police Department is investigating the theft. Officials say someone smashed a window to get inside the Family Health Center of Clark County in Jeffersonville, located across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky. Evansville resident Sharylon Douglass, 50, said she was scared and angry when she learned that she could be open to identity theft. The 13-year cervical cancer survivor said she did not know her health information was part of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program until she received a letter from the state health department. "My information has been given out to a location that I've never even heard of," she said. "Where was their security system when this took place?" Deckers said the Family Health Center has installed a new security system and said new security measures for electronic data will be implemented statewide. Medical providers that are part of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program offer free or discounted exams and provide information to the state department of health to receive reimbursement, Deckers said. The Indiana BCCP is part of the national BCCP public health program. 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