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Breach notice filed by Perfect Teeth Yale, P.C. (September 2019)

Organization named: Perfect Teeth Yale, P.C. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

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 Sept. 19, 2019.

Organization as reported
Perfect Teeth Yale, P.C., CO
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
Sept. 19, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13211, row:4350)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Perfect Teeth Yale, PC, the covered entity (CE), reported that a storage device used to backup patient X-rays was missing. This breach compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 15,854 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, gender, and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees to better protect the privacy of its ePHI. During the investigation, OCR provided technical assistance regarding requirements of the Breach Notification and Security Rules.

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

Figures, per source

  • 15,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Sept. 19, 2019, 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 13211)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Perfect Teeth Yale, P.C. 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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