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. 19, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Chirobody, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- Sept. 19, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13212, row:4351)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Chirobody, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee sent a marketing email to individuals without concealing the individual email addresses of each person. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 525 individuals. The ePHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and sent an email to recipients of the initial email requesting they delete the email from their inboxes immediately. In addition, the CE adopted additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff. During the investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding its security management process and other matters.