Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Jackson County Health Dept

800 individuals · submitted April 23, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Jackson County Health Department, reported that an employee failed to use the blind copy function when sending an email and subsequently exposed the email addresses of 800 individuals. The ePHI involved included 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 employee.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Jackson County Health Dept
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
800
Submission date
April 23, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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