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. 15, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Limeade, Inc., WA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Oct. 15, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11851, row:2990)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Limeade, Inc., reported that a software bug in its web platforms and applications intermittently allowed trackable activities to be viewable by other users. This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,287 individuals. The PHI involved included names and wellness activities. The BA notified HHS and affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided training to the engineering team and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the BA regarding the HIPAA Rules.