US Unity Recovery Group Apr 2015 Hacking (Q16942)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Unity Recovery Group Apr 2015 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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April 2015
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Multiple rehab units under the umbrella of Unity Recovery Group disclosed to partners personally identifiable details and health-related information belonging to their patients. In April, it was discovered that Starting Point Detox, LLC, Lakeside Treatment Center, LLC, Changing Tides Transitional Living, LLC, and Unity Recovery Center, Inc. breached a hefty suite of policies regarding confidentiality and privacy of client data and IT security regulations. Unity raises security standards The circumstances of the incidents (recorded between April and March, this year) are unclear as the company does not mention if the leak was a result of technical issue or a human-related one; the number of affected patients remains undisclosed. The information spilled to third-parties (recovery and/or reh (English)
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