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Breach notice filed by Arkansas Department of Human Services (September 2017)

Organization named: Arkansas Department of Human Services 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 Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Sept. 15, 2017.

Organization as reported
Arkansas Department of Human Services, AR
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Sept. 15, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14057, row:5196)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On August 7, 2017, the covered entity (CE), Arkansas Department of Human Services discovered that a former workforce member sent encrypted emails containing the protected health information (PHI) of 29,023 individuals to her personal email account. The emails contained spreadsheets that included demographic, treatment, and claims information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the incident, the CE sanctioned the involved workforce member, implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards, and re-trained workforce members. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 26,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Sept. 15, 2017, 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 (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14057)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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