Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported to HHS on June 8, 2016, an incident of unauthorized disclosure affecting 27,393 individuals. The breach occurred when its business associate, Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing/Kansas City, LLC, erroneously mailed refund checks, exposing protected health information including names, store locations, refund amounts, and prescription or order numbers. The breached information was in paper form. OCR opened an investigation into the matter.
Affected (this filing): 27,393