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Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Filed

Sep 17, 2012

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

90%
Full breach record for Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc.

Regulator's decision — not a breach notification

This record is a regulator's decision, not the organisation's own breach notice. Breach-notification fields (discovery date, notification clock) are structurally absent — what this source establishes is the outcome and the provisions the decision cites.

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc. (MEEI) settled potential HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules violations for $1.5 million. The case involved the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing patient ePHI. MEEI agreed to corrective action and retain an independent monitor.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Sep 17, 2012

Filed

No linked breach filing · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a breach filing is linked. This record is the regulator's action, not a breach notice. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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 ceiling

  • instrument + outcome
  • amount as filed (USD)
  • CFR provisions
  • the breach it recites
  • discovery date
  • notification clock

The dates the agreement recites belong to the underlying breach, years earlier, and are kept as evidence of WHICH breach rather than as this record’s timeline.