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Breach notice filed by Harris County (July 2021)

Organization named: Harris County 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of July 27, 2021.

Organization as reported
Harris County, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
July 27, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11981, row:3120)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Harris County reported that an employee made the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 26,000 individuals viewable via the Internet. Upon review of the breach information, OCR determined that Harris County does not meet the definition of a covered entity or a business associate. The case was closed.

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

Figures, per source

  • 26,000 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date July 27, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 11981)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Harris County 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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