Pharmacy chain Walgreens is alerting customers that their prescription data and other information may have been exposed thanks to a flaw in the company’s messaging app. An “error” in the messaging feature of the Walgreens app that customers use to track prescriptions left some of their personal information exposed to other customers between Jan. 9 and Jan. 15, according to Rina Shah, vice president of pharmacy operations. A “small percentage” of customers were affected, she said. Exposed data included customers’ names, prescription numbers, drug names and, in some cases, shipping addresses. It did not include financial data, Shah said in a letter posted last week to the California attorney general’s website. California law requires companies to report data breaches affecting state residents. It was unclear precisely how many people were affected by the breach. A Walgreens spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company advised customers to monitor their prescriptions […]
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