Health Data Breach Tracker/SC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Comprehensive Psychological Services LLC

3,500 individuals · submitted November 1, 2013

About this report

On October 28, 2013, the covered entity’s (CE) facility was broken into and an unencrypted laptop was stolen, affecting the demographic and clinical information of approximately 3,500 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE increased its facility’s physical security. The CE also upgraded its technology and improved safeguards by encrypting equipment and communication containing ePHI, implementing a networked file server and domain, and backing up client data to an encrypted cloud-based storage service. Pursuant to OCR’s recommendations, the CE modified its policies and training procedures.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Comprehensive Psychological Services LLC
State
SC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,500
Submission date
November 1, 2013
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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