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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 March 5, 2012. Also cited in 225 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000072458, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 07 Charleston, SC
Issue:
Regional Office requested data on Veteran A from 12-15-10 to present. That information was sent to Veteran B who requested his information for personal use. When envelope arrived, spouse opened it, discarded, and put documents aside. Today the Veteran who received the information brought it to the clinic when he came in for a scheduled doctor's appointment. Regional Office requested and received documents first ordered last year. Manager of clinic instructed to shred documents Veteran returned to clinic today. Update: 03/09/12:Veteran A will be sent a letter offering credit protection services, since his full SSN was disclosed.
Outcome:
Supervisor discussed using extreme caution whenever sending requested information. This is a valued and long term employee who made a mistake and hopefully will learn from it. Employee instructed to check, double check, even triple check prior to mailing documents from the facility.