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Breach notice filed by Karmanos Cancer Center (March 2016)

Organization named: Karmanos Cancer Center Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

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, 2016.

Organization as reported
Karmanos Cancer Center, MI
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
March 10, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14589, row:5728)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Karmanos Cancer Center, lost an unencrypted flash drive that contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,808 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and it offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals. Following the breach, the CE retrained staff, published an article in its newsletter about encryption, and audited its business associate agreements. OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,808 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 10, 2016, 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 14589)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Karmanos Cancer Center 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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