HIPAA Helper »
Rite Aid »
Jun 3, 2015

This database was last updated in December 2015 ago and should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data on breaches affecting 500 or more people is available at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Breach Portal.

Rite Aid

PA

Reported a breach of medical information involving at least 500 people to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights; the report was received on June 3, 2015. Also cited in 59 other reports.


Report ID: PA002, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights

Reported Entity: Rite Aid Corporation

Issue:

On April 27, 2015, rioters in Baltimore, MD broke into, vandalized, and looted eight locations of the covered entity (CE), Rite Aid, taking 2,345 filled prescriptions. The will-call prescriptions involved in the breach contained patients names, addresses, and medication names. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals and offered credit monitoring. All of the vandalized locations, except the one that was burned, have been re-opened with full security restored. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

Do you believe your privacy has been violated? Here’s what you can do: