The city of Boston apologized after sending out an email to 100 employees exposing their COVID-19 vaccination status and positive COVID-19 test results in mid-January.
The city’s Human Resources Department had intended to remind 100 employees in Boston on Jan. 18 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the city’s vaccine mandate. But due to HR forgetting that the recipients were not BCC’d when sending the email, all the email addresses of those who received the email were made public, according to the Boston Herald.
“Unintentionally and accidentally, we messed up,” the HR Department wrote in a subsequent email to the workers. “The communication was intended to be sent as a BCC so as to respect employees’ privacy. The wrong button got pushed and so the email was sent showing all email addresses.”
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Boston’s enforcement of its vaccine mandate remains on hold pending further rulings in a court case. The city continues to work with labor groups on how to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine if courts allow it, the outlet reported.
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Boston’s Human Resources Department has not yet responded to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
