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Breach notice filed by Eye Physicians of Pinellas, PA dba The Eye Institute of West Florida (June 2020)

Organization named: Eye Physicians of Pinellas, PA dba The Eye Institute of West Florida 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 June 24, 2020.

Organization as reported
Eye Physicians of Pinellas, PA dba The Eye Institute of West Florida, FL
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
June 24, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12813, row:3952)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Eye Physicians of Pinellas, PA dba The Eye Institute of West Florida, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,650 individuals to her/her personal email address. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,650 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date June 24, 2020, 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 12813)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

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    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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