- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 515
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
Kaiser Permanente (KP), the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee sent the protected health information (PHI) of 515 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to this breach incident, KP implemented additional administrative safeguards to prevent future incidents of this nature.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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