Otolaryngology Associates of Central Jersey Data Breach (2017)

Otolaryngology Associates of Central Jersey is alerting patients to a breach of their protected health information, following a burglary at an off-site storage facility in East Brunswick, NJ. The thieves took 13 boxes of paper medical records from the facility, which included information such as names, addresses, health insurance account numbers, birth dates, dates of military service, and the names of treating physicians. A limited number of driver’s license numbers and Social Security numbers were also included in the stolen records.