HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of June 4, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Andrew Dang, DDS, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- June 4, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12855, row:3994)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Andrew Dang, DDS, reported that a desktop computer was stolen from his office. The computer contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 974 individuals. The ePHI involved was financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided free credit monitoring services. Following the breach, the CE improved physical safeguards at its facility and implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.