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Breach notice filed by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (June 2018)

Organization named: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland 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 June 29, 2018.

Organization as reported
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, IA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
June 29, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13767, row:4906)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, reported that a box of files containing the protected health information (PHI) of 515 individuals was left unsecured in a building. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals of the breach. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the workforce member involved in the breach and retrained its workforce members to better protect PHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 515 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date June 29, 2018, 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 13767)
  • 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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