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 Jan. 3, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Sidney Health Center, MT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 3, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9526, row:665)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Sidney Health Center, reported that an employee impermissibly saved the protected health information (PHI) of 1,370 individuals to his personal Google account. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional technical safeguards.