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Breach notice filed by Advocate Aurora Health (September 2020)

Organization named: Advocate Aurora Health Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Sept. 4, 2020.

Organization as reported
Advocate Aurora Health, WI
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Sept. 4, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12713, row:3852)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Advocate Aurora Health, reported that documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,979 individuals had been left at its old facility unprotected as it moved to a new location. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, medication information, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE offered affected individuals complimentary credit monitoring services. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 2,979 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Sept. 4, 2020, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12713)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Advocate Aurora Health Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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