Health Data Breach Tracker/ID

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Idaho State University Dental Hygiene

543 individuals · submitted August 13, 2020

About this report

Idaho State University Dental Hygiene, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee inadvertently sent an email containing the email addresses of 543 individuals that were unmasked. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative safeguards and retrained its staff. During the investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Idaho State University Dental Hygiene
State
ID
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
543
Submission date
August 13, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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