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 April 29, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- The City of Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- April 29, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13431, row:4570)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), The City of Fort Lauderdale, reported that a document containing the protected health information (PHI) of 757 individuals was posted on its website. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR received assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.