Health Data Breach Tracker/GA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Buckhead Smile Center, P.C.

1,655 individuals · submitted October 17, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Buckhead Smile Center, reported that an employee improperly emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,655 individuals to his personal email account. The PHI involved included names, diagnoses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, local and federal law enforcement entities, and provided substitute notice. A call center was established for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Buckhead Smile Center, P.C.
State
GA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,655
Submission date
October 17, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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