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 Oct. 27, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 27, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11092, row:2231)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health, reported that its business associate (BA) inadvertently made the protected health information (PHI) of 5,372 individuals viewable over the Internet. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.