Health Data Breach Tracker/FL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Friendship Center Dental Office

2,200 individuals · submitted January 11, 2011

About this report

On December 19, 2010, the covered entity’s (CE) facility was broken into and an unencrypted laptop was stolen, affecting the demographic information of approximately 2,200 individuals, including names, addresses, dates of birth and social security numbers. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE increased physical security by installing a security system with motion detectors as well as motion sensor lighting outside the building. The CE also updated its HIPAA policies and procedures to reflect Security Rule requirements, including password protection requirements and the encryption of ePHI in transit. OCR obtained assurances that the corrective actions listed above were taken.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Friendship Center Dental Office
State
FL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,200
Submission date
January 11, 2011
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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