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 April 21, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Center for Disease Detection, LLC, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 21, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12206, row:3345)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Center for Disease Detection, reported that an unauthorized third party obtained access to a CD that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 2,436 individuals. The PHI involved included names and laboratory tests. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.