Health Plan · Archived
Iowa Dept. of Human Services
2,042 individuals · submitted March 10, 2014
About this report
Employees of the covered entity (CE), Iowa Department of Human Services, used personal email accounts, personal online storage accounts and personal electronic devices for work purposes. From February 5, 2010 to January 17, 2014, the protected health information (PHI) of 2,042 individuals was transferred outside of the CE’s secure network in this manner. The types of information included names, mailing addresses, social security numbers, state ID numbers, dates of birth, PHI obtained during case assessment, and incident information. The CE stated that it notified affected individuals and media and also offered free credit monitoring to the affected individuals. OCR has consolidated this breach with another breach involving this CE.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Iowa Dept. of Human Services
- State
- IA
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 2,042
- Submission date
- March 10, 2014
- Breach type
- Other
- Location of information
- Email, Laptop, Other Portable Electronic Device
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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