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VA Healthcare - VISN 4 (VISN 4)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 10, 2011. Also cited in 239 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000058219, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 04 Butler, PA
Issue:
ELECTRONIC OPF INFORMATION WAS PLACE IN ANOTHER EMPLOYEES OPF RECORD. THAT EMPLOYEE FOUND THE INFORMATION AND REPORTED IT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. Update: 02/10/11:Employee will receive a letter offering credit protection services since their full SSN and DOB was exposed.
Outcome:
HR to provide additional training to staff to verify the records are in the correct file before scanning to eOPF. ISO requests ticket be closed once redacted letter uploaded by Privacy Officer