Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

California Correctional Health Care Services

4,105 individuals · submitted April 9, 2025

About this report

The covered entity (CE), California Correctional Health Care Services, reported that a workforce member sent an unencrypted email containing the protected health information (PHI) of 4,105 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
California Correctional Health Care Services
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,105
Submission date
April 9, 2025
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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