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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 6, 2012. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000072511, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 New Orleans, LA
Issue:
Employee A sent an email. The email was sent to a non-VA email address in addition to internal VA email addresses. The email had an attachment that had Employee B's info in it. The recipients of the email were VA employees, except for Employee B. The other VA employees, plus the external non-VA email address received Employee B's information. Update: 03/06/12:The employee whose information was sent to unauthorized individuals will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Responsible employee is no longer with the facility, however, all employees were reminded that sending any III/IIHI to an external information system is prohibited.