Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Visionworks of America, Inc.

39,825 individuals · submitted October 10, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Visionworks of America reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 39,825 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Visionworks of America, Inc.
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
39,825
Submission date
October 10, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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