Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Rite Aid Corporation

2,345 individuals · submitted June 3, 2015

About this report

On April 27, 2015, rioters in Baltimore, MD broke into, vandalized, and looted eight locations of the covered entity (CE), Rite Aid, taking 2,345 filled prescriptions. The “will-call” prescriptions involved in the breach contained patients’ names, addresses, and medication names. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals and offered credit monitoring. All of the vandalized locations, except the one that was burned, have been re-opened with full security restored. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Rite Aid Corporation
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,345
Submission date
June 3, 2015
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other, Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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