DisclosureLens
WASHINGTONAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Aug 26, 2016

To disclose

Affected

10,700

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho2 incidents on file

Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho (PPGWNI) reported to HHS on 2016-08-26 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 10,700 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Business associate athenahealth, inc. inadvertently sent portal invitation emails to wrong addresses, exposing first and last names of 10,700 individuals. The CE and BA shut down the portal, investigated, implemented safeguards, and reestablished the portal after reconfirming permissions. OCR obtained documented corrective action assurances.

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

Aug 1, 2016

Begins

Aug 26, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10,700 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

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.