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Breach notice filed by Gentle Dentistry Group PC (September 2018)

Organization named: Gentle Dentistry Group PC 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 Sept. 26, 2018.

Organization as reported
Gentle Dentistry Group PC, NJ
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Sept. 26, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13681, row:4820)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A workforce member of the covered entity (CE), Gentle Dentistry Group, emailed a product promotion to 831 patients, disclosing recipients’ email addresses to each other. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and the affected individuals, including any required substitute notice to the affected individuals. Following the breach, the CE updated its practices to prohibit sending an email to multiple patients, provided a refresher training to its workforce regarding its email protocols, and sanctioned the workforce member responsible for the breach incident. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed. Additionally, the CE is expected to conduct a risk analysis and implement a corresponding remediation plan.

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

Figures, per source

  • 831 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Sept. 26, 2018, 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 13681)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Gentle Dentistry Group PC 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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