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Breach notice filed by Iowa Dept. of Human Services (March 2014)

Organization named: Iowa Dept. of Human Services Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Other

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, 2014.

Organization as reported
Iowa Dept. of Human Services, IA
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Other
Location of information as reported
Email, Laptop, Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
March 10, 2014
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15156, row:6295)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Employees of the covered entity (CE), Iowa Department of Human Services, used personal email accounts, personal online storage accounts and personal electronic devices for work purposes. From February 5, 2010 to January 17, 2014, the protected health information (PHI) of 2,042 individuals was transferred outside of the CE’s secure network in this manner. The types of information included names, mailing addresses, social security numbers, state ID numbers, dates of birth, PHI obtained during case assessment, and incident information. The CE stated that it notified affected individuals and media and also offered free credit monitoring to the affected individuals. OCR has consolidated this breach with another breach involving this CE.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,042 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 10, 2014, 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 (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15156)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Iowa Dept. of Human Services 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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