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Denton County Health Department

ArchivedSubmitted 04/09/2015
State
TX
Covered entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
874
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of breached information
Other Portable Electronic Device
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026
Last seen in OCR export
9/23/2026

OCR description

On April 9, 2015, OCR received a breach report from the covered entity (CE), Denton County Health Department, stating that on February 15, 2015, an employee used an unencrypted portable computer, to save and print a personal document at FedEx/Kinko’s. The mobile drive contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 874 individuals from the tuberculosis clinic. The PHI included lab test results, demographic information, and clinical data. Based on the information gathered during the investigation, OCR has opened a compliance review regarding the CE's potential non-compliance with multiple HIPAA standards and is consolidating this investigation with that review.

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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