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Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health
ArchivedSubmitted 11/12/2020
- State
- DE
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 9,930
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
On September 16, 2020, the Covered Entity (CE) learned that an unauthorized The covered entity (CE), Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, reported that an employee mailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 9,930 individuals to an unauthorized person. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, lab results, and clinical information. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of safeguarding its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Breach Portal. Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.