Original Release Date: 11/19/2020
Luxottica, the world’s largest eyewear company – which also operates the EyeMed vision benefits company and partners with eye care professionals such as LensCrafters, Target Optical, and other eye care practices – disclosed a data breach affecting 829,454 patients in their appointment scheduling application. The exposed data includes personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI), such as medical conditions and history, and may have included full name, contact information, appointment date and time, health insurance policy number, and doctor or appointment notes. Credit card numbers and Social Security numbers were also exposed for some patients. Notices were sent to affected eye care practices.