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 March 15, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Laborers Funds Administrative Office of Northern California, Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- March 15, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14585, row:5724)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
On February 17, 2016, the covered entity (CE), Laborers Funds Administrative Office of Northern California, Inc, discovered that a tax sent to its clients and beneficiaries inadvertently contained protected health information (PHI) about unrelated individuals. The breach affected approximately 800 individuals and included names, social security numbers, and eligibility information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented new technical safeguards for creating and transmitting this type of data, conducted a new/updated security analysis, revised its HIPAA policies and procedures, and trained its workforce. The CE also provided OCR with additional documentation including its HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Policy, as relevant to this breach investigation. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.