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 Feb. 28, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Union Lake Supermarket, LLC, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Feb. 28, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13907, row:5046)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Union Lake Supermarket, LLC, reported that a portable electronic device used to capture customer signatures was improperly disposed of. This compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 9,956 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff.