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Dayton VA Medical Center
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on September 23, 2014. Also cited in 29 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000109474, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: DAYTON OH - 552
Issue:
An individual shredded "perhaps" 8-10 pages of documents. He noticed names & SSN on a page. He taped together 13 names. The other shredding material is not available. He does not know what the other pages contained. The pages were found after a VA employee moved out of the house and transferred to another VA facility.
Outcome:
10/08/14: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that thirteen (13) Veterans will be sent letters offering credit protection services due to full SSN being disclosed.