Health Data Breach Tracker/AR

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Walmart Inc.

524 individuals · submitted November 20, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Walmart, Inc., reported that it was burglarized during civil unrest and documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 524 individuals was stolen. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, medications prescribed, and other identifiers. As a result of the breach, the CE added additional physical safeguards and trained workforce members on how to better prepare for civil unrest, burglaries, and robberies. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Walmart Inc.
State
AR
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
524
Submission date
November 20, 2020
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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