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Redwood Coast Regional Center
ArchivedSubmitted 08/07/2023
Updated 12 hours ago ()
- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,345
- 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
Redwood Coast Regional Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that emails that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 1,345 individuals were sent without encryption during a network outage. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE revised its policies and procedures, retrained its workforce members, and implemented additional technical safeguards.
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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