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 June 5, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Fred Finch Youth Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server, Other
- Submission date
- June 5, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14781, row:5920)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Fred Finch Youth Center (FFYC), the covered entity (CE), reported that on the weekend of April 4, 2015, burglars broke into one of its San Diego locations. The breach affected 6,871 individuals. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnosis/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. FFYC notified the media sent notices to all affected individuals, and provided notice to OCR. It will provide free credit monitoring to all affected individuals. As a result of OCR’s investigation, FFYC improved physical security at its facility. It also conducted a risk analysis and as a result, FFYC encrypted its server and back-up devices. FFYC also revised its policies and procedures and provided training to its workforce members.