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Breach notice filed by Nihal Saran, MD (June 2010)

Organization named: Nihal Saran, MD 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 4, 2010.

Organization as reported
Nihal Saran, MD, MI
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Laptop
Submission date
June 4, 2010
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16042, row:7181)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A password protected laptop computer containing protected health information (PHI) was stolen from Dr. Saran's personal residence. The laptop contained the PHI of approximately 2,300 individuals. The PHI stored on the laptop included patients' names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, insurance information, and diagnoses. Following the breach, Dr. Saran notified the Northville Township Police Department of the theft, contacted the individuals reasonably believed to have been affected by the breach, sent a notice of the breach to the Detroit Free Press and the Monroe News, and installed encryption software for its billing software. \

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,300 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date June 4, 2010, 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 16042)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Nihal Saran, MD 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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