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Breach notice filed by McLaren Oakland (October 2020)

Organization named: McLaren Oakland Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 Oct. 8, 2020.

Organization as reported
McLaren Oakland, MI
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Oct. 8, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12601, row:3740)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), McLaren Oakland, reported that an employee inadvertently made the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,219 individuals viewable via the Internet. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, dates of birth, medications prescribed, and additional clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,219 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 8, 2020, 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 12601)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • McLaren Oakland 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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