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PA Lawmakers Demand Investigation Of Contact Tracing Data Breach
PA House Republicans say that concerns about a contact tracing data breach, impacting 72,000, were dismissed by the state months ago.

Justin Heinze covers Montgomery and Chester counties in Pennsylvania for Patch. He went to Haddonfield Memorial High School in New Jersey and graduated from St. Joseph's University in 2009 with a BA in English and History. Since then he has served three terms of service with Americorps, working on and leading conservation crews in the Sonoran Desert and eastern Montana. Before Patch, he covered the military and politics for the Northwest Florida Daily News. He is pursuing an MS in Environmental Studies from Green Mountain College, and is currently at work on a novel inspired by volunteer experiences in Tanzania.
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PA House Republicans say that concerns about a contact tracing data breach, impacting 72,000, were dismissed by the state months ago.

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