Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Jackson County Health Department

1,000 individuals · submitted October 13, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Jackson County Health Department, reported that an employee failed to use the blind carbon copy function and inadvertently emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,000 individuals to unauthorized recipients. The ePHI involved included names, email addresses, and vaccination information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned and retrained the responsible employee on the proper methods of protecting and safeguarding ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Jackson County Health Department
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,000
Submission date
October 13, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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