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 Oct. 13, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Jackson County Health Department, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 13, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11855, row:2994)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Jackson County Health Department, reported that an employee failed to use the blind carbon copy function and inadvertently emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,000 individuals to unauthorized recipients. The ePHI involved included names, email addresses, and vaccination information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned and retrained the responsible employee on the proper methods of protecting and safeguarding ePHI.