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 March 19, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Victor Community Support Services, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- March 19, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12282, row:3421)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Victor Community Support Services, reported that it was notified by the Tehama Police Department that it recovered a hard drive belonging to the CE that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 1,634 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.