AKHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Oct 16, 2013bd_0f74ab6218ce5f6e
Hope Community Resources, Inc. (AK) reported to HHS on 2013-10-16 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,556 individuals via Email. A client contact list was inadvertently attached to a group email to parents and guardians by an employee. PHI exposed included client names, contact info for support persons, dates of birth, and internal IDs. The CE sanctioned the employee, instituted new large-mailing safeguards, and updated its risk analysis through an outside vendor following OCR investigation.
Affected (this filing): 1,556
HHS notified