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Breach notice filed by Cleveland Clinic Foundation (August 2019)

Organization named: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

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 Aug. 19, 2019.

Organization as reported
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
Aug. 19, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13257, row:4396)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the covered entity (CE), reported that a password-protected and encrypted hard drive was lost or misplaced. The hard drive contained the protected health information (PHI) of 604 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also conducted an exhaustive search in an effort to locate the missing hard drive. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its data.

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

Figures, per source

  • 604 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Aug. 19, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13257)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation 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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