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Breach notice filed by Lone Star Circle of Care (June 2013)

Organization named: Lone Star Circle of Care Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

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 June 28, 2013.

Organization as reported
Lone Star Circle of Care, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Laptop
Submission date
June 28, 2013
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15381, row:6520)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On June 28, 2013, the covered entity (CE), Lone Star Circle of Care, reported a breach when a work force member’s car was broken into and an unencrypted, password-protected laptop computer was stolen. The protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included the financial and clinical information of 1,955 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the incident, the CE encrypted all of its laptops and revised its policies for storing PHI on hard drives and other mobile devices. Additionally, the CE retrained staff on its privacy and security policies. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,955 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date June 28, 2013, 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 15381)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Lone Star Circle of Care 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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