AccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

California Department of Public Health

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 20, 2013

Filed

Sep 26, 2013

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for California Department of Public Health →4 incidents on file

On August 20, 2013, a contracted Madera County WIC employee mistakenly gave paper records containing name and expected date of delivery to another participant. The records were immediately returned upon discovery. The California Department of Public Health notified affected individuals on September 26, 2013, and is reviewing procedures to prevent recurrence.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 20, 2013 → Notified Sep 26, 201337d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Aug 20, 2013

Begins

Aug 20, 2013

Discovered

Sep 26, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: California Department of Public Health
norm: california department of public health

Name: California Department of Public Health
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Industry: HealthcarellmGovernmentllm

Discovered: Aug 20, 2013
Breach occurred: Aug 20, 2013
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 26, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: Internal
Third party: via Madera County WIC

During the incident: Participant immediately notified the Madera County WIC office and returned your records
Changes made: Reviewing and revising our procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 37d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Aug 20, 2013
→ Notified: Sep 26, 2013
37d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 20, 2013 → Notified: Sep 26, 2013	37d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-42780
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2013
Raw hash: 4fc2bc7f109035118f4026aa6b1cd61d4537f34a9b432d9e043152c64af9d9e8

Reporting entityCalifornia Department of Public Health

Victim entityCalifornia Department of Public Health

Incidentdiscovered Aug 20, 2013

Stated responseParticipant immediately notified the Madera County WIC office and returned your records

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov