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Breach notice filed by Florida Department of Health (April 2016)

Organization named: Florida Department of Health 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 April 13, 2016.

Organization as reported
Florida Department of Health, FL
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
April 13, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14558, row:5697)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Florida Department of Health, discovered on February 17, 2016, that an additional 1,076 individuals were affected by a breach previously reported in 2013 as affecting 877 individuals. The breach occurred when an employee with legitimate access to PHI stole demographic information for illegal purposes. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the additionally identified individuals, and the media, as well as posting substitute notice on its website. Following the 2013 breach, the CE reviewed and revised its policies relating to access to PHI and began masking social security numbers. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,076 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 13, 2016, 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 14558)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Florida Department of Health 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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