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Wyoming Department of Health

ArchivedSubmitted 06/25/2019
State
WY
Covered entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
2,154
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of breached information
Email
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026
Last seen in OCR export
9/23/2026

OCR description

On May 1, 2019, a Wyoming Department of Health (WDOH) workforce member emailed protected health information to a billing vendor, the intended recipient, without first encrypting the email, per WDOH policy. Upon review of the breach report, OCR determined that the incident did not meet the definition of a breach took no further action.

Change history

  • 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list

Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source

Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.

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