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Breach notice filed by Walgreen Co. (January 2022)

Organization named: Walgreen Co. 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 Jan. 21, 2022.

Organization as reported
Walgreen Co., IL
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Jan. 21, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11652, row:2791)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Walgreen, reported that a staff member impermissibly removed a paper file that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 1,471 individuals from the pharmacy premises. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and strengthened its administrative safeguards.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,471 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Jan. 21, 2022, 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 11652)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Walgreen Co. 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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