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California Correctional Health Care Services
ArchivedSubmitted 03/14/2024
Updated 13 hours ago ()
- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,348
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), California Correctional Health Care Services, reported that one of its workforce members inadvertently sent an email containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,348 individuals to an unintended recipient. The PHI involved included names, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained its workforce member to better protect PHI.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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