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Heartland Counseling Services, Inc.
ArchivedSubmitted 07/16/2020
Updated 18 hours ago ()
- State
- NE
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 723
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
Heartland Counseling Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee emailed patients without using the blind-copy function exposing the email addresses of 723 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
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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