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Northwest Network (VISN 20)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 15, 2012. Also cited in 208 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000081202, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 20 Portland, OR
Issue:
VA Employee A received an email that was supposed to contain blank forms. She discovered an additional form that had Employee B's Personal Identifiable Information filled in. Update: 10/16/12:Employee B will be sent an offer for credit protection services.12/11/12:The e-mail actually contained information on two employees.
Outcome:
The error was discovered quickly and the unencrypted emails were deleted with their attachments and the incident was reported to our facility Information Security Officer. The information was also removed from the form stored on the network drive.