VAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHighResolved

Linda J White, DDS, PC

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Linda J White, DDS, PC (a dental practice in VA) reported to HHS on 2016-06-27 an Improper Disposal breach affecting approximately 2,000 individuals. An external hard drive containing a backup of the dental practice's computer server was not returned for proper destruction by an employee. PHI exposed included patients' names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and limited medical information. The hard drive required specific software for access. County officials initiated prosecution of the responsible employee. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,000 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Jun 27, 2016
Raw hash: f2e4b95d3a0ba1e82c7021dfbacd494d9e4d4a60108711935b287873853efa10

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Linda J White, DDS, PC
norm: linda j white dds
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Linda J White, DDS, PC
norm: linda j white dds
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,000
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification submittedOCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation
Initial access: insider_action

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.