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Breach notice filed by Madera County (August 2023)

Organization named: Madera County Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Aug. 9, 2023.

Organization as reported
Madera County, CA
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Aug. 9, 2023
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10533, row:1672)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE) Madera County, reported that an employee of its business associate’s (BA) vendor emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,446 individuals to the wrong recipient. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, health insurance information, financial information, and other identifying information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the vendor retrained its employees and implemented additional security and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,446 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Aug. 9, 2023, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 10533)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Madera County Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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