- State
- IL
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,915
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Laptop
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 26, 2026
OCR description
Walgreen Company, the covered entity (CE) reported that a workforce member allowed two unauthorized individuals to access the protected health information (PHI) of 1,915 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach and OCR’s investigation, the CE revised its policies and procedures, implemented additional technical safeguards, sanctioned the workforce member and retrained its workforce.
Change history
- Sep 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
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