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The BBC News reports that:
The 56 Dean Street clinic in London's Soho sent out the names and email addresses of 780 patients when a newsletter was issued to people who attend the clinic. Patients were supposed to be blind-copied into the email but instead details were sent as a group email.
From an interview with one patient:
One man, a 40-year-old public sector worker, has been HIV positive for 13 years and has been using the Dean Street clinic for five. He said: "I felt sick when I realised what had happened. I first saw the email at work but ignored it as I was busy. I then looked at it when I was on the way home from work. I couldn't breathe. I'm concerned who will get this information. If it ends up in the hands of the wrong people, such as hate groups, it could be dynamite."
Further:
Fellow patient James ... said: "I was travelling back from the pride parade in Manchester on Monday when I received this email. I couldn't believe it when I got it and I've been full of worry since. I am not ready to disclose my HIV status to my wider friends or family. I fear now that I have no choice."
Finally, a friend informs me that a breach of privacy at another clinic may be widely reported within the next few days.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Soybean on Thursday September 03 2015, @05:58PM
> stopped reading after that.
That's your problem right there. Willful ignorance. Ironic given that half your post is devoted to flaming other people for their supposed willfull ignorance in the face of your educating them.
They did not send email with test results. They sent an email newsletter to an opt-in list that had no relation to test results.
It is meta-data that can be used to make inferences, and it should never have happened. But that is completely different from your baseless flame about deliberately sending medical data via email.