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Northwest Network (VISN 20)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 26, 2012. Also cited in 208 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000073349, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 20 Walla Walla, WA
Issue:
A VA employee went to a meeting with some documents. He still had control of those documents after the meeting. The meeting ended at 11:00 AM. The employee left approximately 10 minutes later. At 2:00 PM, another VA employee found the documents in the VA parking lot. This employee gave the information to the Privacy Officer (PO). Update: 04/02/12:The documents included medical information of three Veterans, but did not included their date fo birth or full SSN. The three Veterans will be sent letters of notification.
Outcome:
The Privacy Officer discussed with the employee the need to, and importance of safeguarding all Veteran information. .