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Breach notice filed by Pioneer Valley Pathology (August 2010)

Organization named: Pioneer Valley Pathology 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 Aug. 25, 2010.

Organization as reported
Pioneer Valley Pathology, MA
Entity type as reported
Business Associate
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Aug. 25, 2010
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15988, row:7127)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A Boston Globe employee discovered the unsecured paper medical records of Pioneer Valley Pathology, a group practice with offices inside Holyoke Medical Center (HMC), at a trash transfer station. The breach affected approximately 24,750 individuals. The PHI involved in the breach included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, insurance information, and medical information. HMC is not the covered entity (CE) responsible for this breach and it field the breach report in error. OCR provided HMC with technical assistance related to breach notification. OCR opened a compliance review against the CE responsible for this breach.

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

Figures, per source

  • 24,750 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Aug. 25, 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 15988)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Pioneer Valley Pathology Named as a service provider 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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