Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Business Associate · Archived

Gallant Risk & Insurance Services, Inc.

995 individuals · submitted June 3, 2015

About this report

On April 4, 2015, laptop computers belonging to the business associate (BA), Gallant Risk & Insurance Services, Inc., were stolen due to an office break-in. The breach affected 995 individuals’ protected health information (PHI), including a combination of individuals’ names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, group policy numbers, and insurance identification numbers. The BA reported the incident to local law enforcement and to the affected covered entities. In response to OCR’s investigation, the BA ensured the proper breach notifications were provided, increased physical security, increased technical safeguards for electronic PHI (such as utilizing additional encryption), and adopted HIPAA policies and procedures. OCR obtained documented assurances that the BA implemented these corrective steps..

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Gallant Risk & Insurance Services, Inc.
State
CA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
995
Submission date
June 3, 2015
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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