Healthcare Provider · Archived
Insulet Corporation
1,469 individuals · submitted October 17, 2017
About this report
On August 18, 2017, a business associate (BA), Brainshark Inc., had a technical error that caused 3,732 email addresses of the covered entity's (CE) customers to be seen by other customers. The CE contacted the BA and the entities worked together to deactivate the training module that caused the error and investigate the incident. Upon notice of the technical error, Brainshark disabled the CE's site and all further access to the presentation that was involved in the breach. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and the affected individuals. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above. In addition, the CE terminated its contract with the BA.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Insulet Corporation
- State
- MA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,469
- Submission date
- October 17, 2017
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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