HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 29, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- East Bay Perinatal Medical Associates, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- July 29, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14744, row:5883)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
East Bay Perinatal Medical Associates (EBPMA), the covered entity (CE), reported that they were contacted by the Berkeley Police Department and provided with a listing of its patients that was on an employee’s personal laptop. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names and dates of birth. The breach affected 1,494 individuals. In response to the breach, EBPMA notified the media, sent notices to all affected individuals, and provided information regarding credit monitoring services. As a result of OCR’s investigation, EBPMA provided training to its staff regarding the administrative, physical, and technical safeguarding of PHI. During OCR’s investigation, EBPMA ceased independent operation and became a part of UCSF Benioff Children’s Physicians.