NEW JERSEYAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Gentle Dentistry Group PC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 26, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

831

Confidence

97%

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Gentle Dentistry Group PC (NJ) reported to HHS on 2018-09-26 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 831 individuals. A workforce member emailed a product promotion to 831 patients, inadvertently disclosing recipients' email addresses to each other via a mass email. Breached information located in Email. The CE updated email practices, conducted refresher training, sanctioned the responsible employee, and was directed to perform a risk analysis. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Sep 26, 2018

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed831 affectedView incident

Name: Gentle Dentistry Group PC
norm: gentle dentistry
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Gentle Dentistry Group PC
norm: gentle dentistry
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 831nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions; CE expected to conduct a risk analysis and implement a corresponding remediation plan.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals, including required substitute notice.
Updated practices to prohibit sending email to multiple patients.
Provided refresher training to workforce regarding email protocols.
Sanctioned the workforce member responsible for the breach.
Changes made: Updated email practices to prohibit bulk patient emails.
Refresher workforce training on email protocols.
Sanction of responsible workforce member.
Risk analysis and corresponding remediation plan to be conducted.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2018
Raw hash: 59a1e5360d846e95225579eeba348d5e3fc1bffbe0fe7c5b5e16b584d6912914

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Reporting entityGentle Dentistry Group PC

Victim entityGentle Dentistry Group PC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals, including required substitute notice.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing