Walgreen Co.

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Walgreens, the covered entity (CE), reported that one of its pharmacies located in Nashville, Tennessee, was burglarized and protected health information (PHI) was stolen. This breach affected 703 individuals and the PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, local law enforcement, and provided substitute notice. The CE implemented administrative and physical safeguards to better protect its PHI and retrained its staff. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.