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Breach notice filed by Walmart Inc. (March 2018)

Organization named: Walmart Inc. 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of March 26, 2018.

Organization as reported
Walmart Inc., AR
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email, Other
Submission date
March 26, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13880, row:5019)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 741 individuals was disclosed when a system error caused information about a patient to be viewed by the wrong patient via notification through the CE's app or an e-mail. The types of ePHI disclosed included names and prescription information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE provided evidence it implemented improved technical safeguards to prevent similar incidents.

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

Figures, per source

  • 741 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date March 26, 2018, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13880)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Walmart Inc. 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, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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