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VA Health Care Upstate New York (VISN 2)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 11, 2013. Also cited in 132 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000085641, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 02 Buffalo, NY
Issue:
While in employee A's Electronic personnel file, it was noted two other employee's Life Insurance Election form were scanned into employee A's file. Human Resources printed copies to put in the correct employee's files and deleted from wrong employee file. These items were from 2011. OPM staff scanned them not VA staff. Update: 02/11/13:The two employees will be sent general notification letters since their full SSNs were disclosed.
Outcome:
Items removed from wrong file and scanned to correct employee.