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Breach notice filed by MN Urology (September 2017)

Organization named: MN Urology 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Sept. 18, 2017.

Organization as reported
MN Urology, MN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Sept. 18, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14052, row:5191)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

An employee sent a group email to patients that allowed all recipients to see the email list, thus exposing the names and/or email addresses of 939 individuals. The covered entity (CE), Minnesota Urology, provided breach notification to HHS and the media and initially provided notice to affected individuals via email without obtaining sufficient agreements from individuals. After substantial technical assistance the CE provided HIPAA-compliant primary notice to affected individuals. Following the breach, the CE retrained the employee responsible for the breach and the employees who provided improper breach notification. OCR obtained documented assurances that it implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 939 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Sept. 18, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14052)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • MN Urology 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, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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