Chirobody

Chirobody, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee sent a marketing email to individuals without concealing the individual email addresses of each person. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 525 individuals. The ePHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and sent an email to recipients of the initial email requesting they delete the email from their inboxes immediately. In addition, the CE adopted additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff. During the investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding its security management process and other matters.