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Dickinson County Health Department
ArchivedSubmitted 01/17/2024
Updated 14 hours ago ()
- State
- KS
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,063
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Desktop Computer
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Dickinson County Health Department, reported that it became aware that an employee’s former spouse found the protected health information (PHI) of 1,063 individuals stored on a personal computer. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.
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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