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Breach notice filed by Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (November 2016)

Organization named: Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners 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 Nov. 18, 2016.

Organization as reported
Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, FL
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Nov. 18, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14359, row:5498)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On September 21, 2016, the covered entity (CE), Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, discovered that it had posted a file containing protected health information (PHI) on an external website accessible by potential vendors. The file contained the dates of birth, employee identification numbers, and dental plan coverage elections of 2,757 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE altered its procedure for soliciting bids from vendors such that PHI is no longer involved. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce and sanctioned the responsible employee, who subsequently resigned from his employment with the CE. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,800 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 18, 2016, 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 14359)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

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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