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Breach notice filed by Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A. (March 2010)

Organization named: Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

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 March 10, 2010.

Organization as reported
Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A., TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Other, Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
March 10, 2010
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16085, row:7224)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Three unencrypted external back-up drives were stolen from a safe in the covered entity's locked office. The laptop computer contained the protected health information of approximately 21,000 individuals. The protected health information involved in the breach included names, addresses phone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, insurance information, and treatment histories. Following the breach, the covered entity moved back-up data offsite and encrypted all workstations. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in the covered entity improving their physical safeguards and in retraining employees. \

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

Figures, per source

  • 21,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 10, 2010, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 16085)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A. 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, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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