FEDERALHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Jan 11, 2010bd_700a9ff5afba6373
Merkle Direct Marketing reported to HHS on 2010-01-11 a breach, categorized as Theft, affecting 15000 individuals' paper records. The company's description clarifies the incident as a misdelivery of mail containing protected health information to incorrect addresses due to an error in its address update process. The mailing contained demographic information, explanations of benefits, clinical information, and diagnoses.
Affected (this filing): 15,000
HHS notified