Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Children’s Hope Alliance

1,002 individuals · submitted December 6, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Children’s Hope Alliance, reported that an unencrypted laptop containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,002 individuals, was stolen from an employee’s vehicle. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Children’s Hope Alliance
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,002
Submission date
December 6, 2019
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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