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 April 23, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Jackson County Health Dept, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 23, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12198, row:3337)
- 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 copy function when sending an email and subsequently exposed the email addresses of 800 individuals. The ePHI involved included 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 employee.