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 16, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- UC San Diego Health, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 16, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10857, row:1996)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), UC San Diego Health, reported that its business associate (BA) impermissibly used analytics tools on its websites that captured and transmitted the protected health information (PHI) of 22,971 individuals to its third-party service providers without a valid business associate agreement. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, IP addresses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE terminated its business relationship with the BA and implemented new policies and procedures and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.