Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Watsonville Chiropractic, Inc.

829 individuals · submitted November 17, 2016

About this report

Watsonville Chiropractic, Inc., the covered entity (CE), was notified by its business associate (BA), EMR4all, that its storage account was vulnerable because it was accessible to persons outside of its organization. The breach affected 829 individuals and the protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers and treatment information. Watsonville notified all affected individuals as well as the media. Individuals affected were offered one year of credit monitoring services. It established a toll-free assistance line for anyone seeking additional information regarding the breach incident. The CE has subsequently ceased operations.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Watsonville Chiropractic, Inc.
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
829
Submission date
November 17, 2016
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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