Markovits, Stock & DeMarco, a law firm experienced in data breach cases, is investigating claims on behalf of victims of a data breach involving data entrusted to Advocate Aurora Health.
Advocate Aurora Health is a health care system with dual headquarters located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Downers Grove, Illinois. As of 2021, Advocate Aurora Health had 26 hospitals and more than 500 sites of care, with 75,000 employees, including 10,000 employed physicians. If you received a notice of data breach letter from Advocate Aurora Health, please contact us as soon as possible to understand your legal rights in response to the data breach.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Advocate Aurora Health recently admitted it installed “pixels” on its website that may have breached the medical data of its patients and others.[1] Advocate Aurora Health was using Internet tracking technologies, such as Google and Meta (Facebook), that it implemented to understand how patients and others interact with its websites.[2] In other words, when using Advocate Aurora Health sites, certain patient protected information would be disclosed to other vendors without the patient’s permission.[3]
Advocate Aurora Health did not report the data breach to the authorities and the affected parties until October 14, 2022.[4] Advocate Aurora Health indicated that the breach affected over 3,000,000 patients.[5]
WHAT INFORMATION WAS EXPOSED IN THE DATA BREACH?
Advocate Aurora Health has disclosed the following information was included in the data breach:
- full names,
- medical record numbers,
- insurance information,
- IP addresses,
- proximity to an Advocate Aurora Health location,
- dates, times, and/or locations of scheduled appointments,
- information about your provider,
- type of appointment or procedure.[6]
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE
ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH DATA BREACH?
If you would like to have a free, confidential consultation with an attorney to learn more about your rights and potential legal remedies in responding to the Advocate Aurora Health data breach, please contact Markovits, Stock & DeMarco attorney Terry Coates at (513) 651-3700, email us at [email protected], or submit a Case Evaluation request through the form below.
[1] https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/advocate-aurora-health-says-pixel-data-breach-may-affect-3-million-patients.html
[2] https://www.advocateaurorahealth.org/pixel-notification/
[3] Id.
[4] Id.
[5] https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
[6] https://www.advocateaurorahealth.org/pixel-notification/