Dynacare Laboratory, Froedtert Health Workforce Health, City of Milwaukee

Name of Entity
Dynacare Laboratory, Froedtert Health Workforce Health, City of Milwaukee
Organization Type
Healthcare, Medical Providers & Medical Insurance Services
Address

Milwaukee, WI
United States

Description
A Dynacare Laboratory employee's car was stolen on October 22.  The car held a flash drive with employee names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and genders.  Dynacare Laboratory is one of Froedtert Health Workforce's contractors and Froedtert Health Workforce was handling health information for the City of Milwaukee Wellness Program.  The City of Milwaukee Department of Employee Relations learned of the incident on November 15.UPDATE (11/18/2013): A Dynacare laptop that contained no personal information was also in the employee's car.  The car and laptop were recovered; the flash drive remains missing.UPDATE (11/21/2013): The City of Milwaukee filed a complaint against Dynacare with the Federal Office of Civil Rights.UPDATE (11/29/2013): A total of 9,414 people were affected including about 6,000 city employees and 3,000 city employee dependents.  The Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association Local 215 was also affected and a lawsuit against Dynacare Laboratory and Froedtert Health was filed.
Date of Breach
01/01/2013
Source