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VA Southeast Network (VISN 7)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on May 30, 2011. Also cited in 225 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000063106, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 07 Augusta, GA
Issue:
The Release of Information (RO)I clerk received notification from the US Postal Service (USPS) that on 05/03/11 "an empty wrapper with your address was found in the mail and it is believed to have been separated from the parcel during handling." The ROI clerk sent the package with a return receipt and delivery confirmation. The notice from USPS included the return receipt number for the package. The package contained medical records for 1 Veteran in response to a request from an insurance company (the intended recipient). The insurance company has confirmed that they have not received the information. The Veteran impacted has been identified along with the contents of the package from the Accounting of Disclosure for the record. Update: 06/30/11:This was a UPS delivery issue but VA will provide credit protection services since full SSN was exposed.
Outcome:
no fault of VA CPS sent anyway.