Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Redwood Coast Regional Center

1,345 individuals · submitted August 7, 2023

About this report

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.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Redwood Coast Regional Center
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,345
Submission date
August 7, 2023
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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