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City of Detroit Health Department
ArchivedSubmitted 04/27/2020
Updated 18 hours ago ()
- State
- MI
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,945
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
City of Detroit Health Department, the covered entity (CE), reported that a misconfiguration of an online dashboard allowed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,945 individuals to be viewable by others. The PHI involved clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE took several corrective actions in response to the breach including administrative and technical safeguards.
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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