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 May 20, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Success 4 Kids & Families, Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- May 20, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14793, row:5932)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
On April 5, 2015, a Success 4 Kids & Family employee’s laptop computer was stolen out of his vehicle while parked during non-work hours. The laptop contained the protected health information (PHI) of 506 individuals, and included clients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and limited treatment-related information. The laptop was password protected, but was not encrypted. The covered entity (CE) provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to this incident, the CE contracted with an IT vendor to upgrade servers and provide cloud backup service, encrypted all computers, reviewed its policies and procedures, implemented an encryption policy, and trained staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.