FLORIDAMisuseHealthcareHealthcareEmail MisuseCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

The Eye Physicians of Pinellas, P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 24, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

1,650

Confidence

50%

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An employee of Eye Physicians of Pinellas, PA dba The Eye Institute of West Florida emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,650 individuals to their personal email address. The data included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and treatment information. In response, the entity sanctioned the employee and implemented additional security safeguards.

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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

Jun 24, 2020

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,650 affectedView incident

Name: The Eye Physicians of Pinellas, P.A.
norm: the eye physicians of pinellas
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Eye Physicians of Pinellas, P.A.
norm: the eye physicians of pinellas
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: Eye Physicians of Pinellas, PAdba oflegal entity
The Eye Institute of West Floridadba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,650nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (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: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted

During the incident: Sanctioned the responsible employee
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
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.

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.

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 24, 2020
Raw hash: 429dda23bebcf54dc89c3a1601cbc31bfc6c496653e81b86f46bcee5565ca810

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Reporting entityThe Eye Physicians of Pinellas, P.A.

Victim entityThe Eye Physicians of Pinellas, P.A.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned the responsible employee

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing