AccidentalLossEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICHighContained
California Department of Public Health
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Full breach record for California Department of Public Health →California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported that a roll of microfiche containing 2,000 birth records from 1974 was found in an unsecure, non-State owned location. The records affect approximately 6,000 individuals (children or parents born in specific months in 1974 in nine counties). Data exposed includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and some medical information. The incident was discovered on March 17, 2013. CDPH is investigating with the California Highway Patrol and implementing additional safeguards.
California clockDiscovered Mar 17, 2013 → Notified May 6, 201350d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,000 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-41737
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- May 8, 2013
- Raw hash
- b70b35cd1d2099cb801f6f4ac816ad762facee9e72feb3c57853399bb0cebbc2
Reporting entity
- Name
- California Department of Public Healthnorm: california department of public health
Victim entity
- Name
- California Department of Public Healthnorm: california department of public health
Incident
- Discovered
- Mar 17, 2013
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- May 6, 2013
- Affected individuals
- 6,000
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unknown
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- CA 60-day OK · 50d
- 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: Mar 17, 2013→ Notified: May 6, 201350d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.