Health Data Breach Tracker/KY

Business Associate · Archived

Citizens Financial Corporation

688 individuals · submitted November 15, 2021

About this report

Citizens Financial Corporation, the business associate (BA), reported that an employee inadvertently published the protected health information (PHI) of 688 individuals via the Internet. The PHI involved included names, addresses, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA removed the PHI from the public repository and retrained its employees.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Citizens Financial Corporation
State
KY
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
688
Submission date
November 15, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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