Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Health Plan · Archived

Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington

7,000 individuals · submitted April 22, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington, reported that an employee sent a report containing protected health information (PHI) to his personal email account. This breach affected approximately 7,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names and health insurance information. As a result of the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee and implemented technical safeguards to further protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington
State
WA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
7,000
Submission date
April 22, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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