Health Data Breach Tracker/AL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Alabama Department of Public Health

1,200 individuals · submitted June 26, 2014

About this report

An employee of the covered entity (CE), Alabama Department of Public Health, disclosed the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,200 individuals to a third party, potentially for tax fraud purposes. Federal law enforcement informed the CE of the breach on March 21, 2014. The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama indicted the workforce member responsible for the breach for her criminal activities related to the breach, and she is no longer employed by the CE. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Alabama Department of Public Health
State
AL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,200
Submission date
June 26, 2014
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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