Healthcare Provider · Archived
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
27,393 individuals · submitted June 8, 2016
About this report
OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE), Wal-Mart Stores, after it discovered an erroneous mailing of refund checks by its business associate (BA), Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing/Kansas City, LLC. This breach resulted in unauthorized disclosure of 27,379 individuals’ protected health information, which included names, store locations, refund amounts, prescription or order numbers, and order dates. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- State
- AR
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 27,393
- Submission date
- June 8, 2016
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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