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Breach notice filed by Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency (September 2016)

Organization named: Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency 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 Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Sept. 2, 2016.

Organization as reported
Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, CA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Sept. 2, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14437, row:5576)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, reported a breach of unsecured PHI when a break-in occurred at the CE’s storage area. The CE initially reported that the breach affected approximately 25,000 individuals. However, an internal investigation, conducted with law enforcement assistance, revealed later that no breach had occurred because the break-in did not affect the paper records. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE. The CE implemented additional physical safeguards, updated its HIPAA policies and procedures and trained its staff on privacy and security awareness.

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

Figures, per source

  • 25,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Sept. 2, 2016, 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 (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14437)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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