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Breach notice filed by Village of Oak Park, Illinois (August 2016)

Organization named: Village of Oak Park, Illinois 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 Aug. 18, 2016.

Organization as reported
Village of Oak Park, Illinois, IL
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Aug. 18, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14449, row:5588)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The Village of Oak Park, Illinois (VOPI), a covered entity (CE), reported than an employee emailed spreadsheets which contained protected health information (PHI) to a personal email account. The breach affected approximately 688 individuals and the PHI involved included names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and health insurance information. Following the breach, the covered entity terminated the employee responsible for the breach incident. VOPI notified all affected individuals and prominent media outlets. It also posted notice on its website. The CE strengthened its capabilities to monitor email communications and incorporated spam and encryption technologies.

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

Figures, per source

  • 688 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Aug. 18, 2016, 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 14449)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Village of Oak Park, Illinois Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

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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