Advocate Medical Group

1 breach4M affected in allHealthcareadvocatehealth.com

Four stolen desktop computers held data on 4 million Advocate patientsLost or stolen device exposed names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health records and insurance details. Reported to the California AG.Lost or stolen device4.0M affectedHealthcareUSAug 23, 2013

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Advocate Medical Group, 2013-08-23settled

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Advocate Medical Group, 2013-08-235550000

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Advocate Medical Group, 2013-08-23$5.55M HHS OCR HIPAA settlement (2016)

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Advocate Medical Group, 2013-08-23lost-device

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Advocate Medical Group, 2013-08-23["names","addresses","dob","ssn","health","insurance"]

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Advocate Medical Group, 2013-08-23organization

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Advocate Medical Group, 2013-08-23Unencrypted desktop computers were stolen from an Advocate Medical Group administrative office in Illinois, exposing data of about 4 million patients. Advocate later paid a record $5.55 million HIPAA settlement covering this and other breac

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Advocate Medical Group, 2013-08-23Four stolen desktop computers held data on 4 million Advocate patients

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