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VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 4, 2011. Also cited in 187 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000060389, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 06 Richmond, VA
Issue:
Suspicious actions involving an employee's access to a Veteran's ID card. There was an investigation performed by the VA Police. The employee denied having access to the ID card however after a search of the area, the ID card was discovered in the trash can of the office space. The employee has been moved to another department and access to Veteran information has been removed until the investigation is complete. Update: 04/05/11:The Veteran's ID card contains the full SSN if scanned. It was improperly disposed of in a trashcan. The Veteran will be offered credit protection services.
Outcome:
The VA police and HR are still investigating this incident. No other information is available at this time. Please close this ticket.