AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 19, 2015

Filed

Apr 6, 2015

To disclose

18 days

Affected

845state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency →

Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency disclosed that an employee inadvertently emailed approximately 845 patients without using blind carbon copy (BCC), exposing their email addresses. The incident occurred on March 19, 2015. The agency disabled affected Patient Portal accounts and reported the breach to HHS, the California Department of Health, and the California Attorney General.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 19, 2015 → Notified Apr 3, 201515d ✓ CA 60-day OK18 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 days

Mar 19, 2015

Begins

Mar 19, 2015

Discovered

Apr 6, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_4cbb903197b7a6a42015-04-02 · +4dCandidate

Name: Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency
norm: tulare county health human services agency
Domain: tchhsa.org

Name: Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency
norm: tulare county health human services agency
Domain: tchhsa.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 19, 2015
Breach occurred: Mar 19, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 3, 2015
Affected individuals: 845state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Reported to the U.S. Department of Health & Human ServicesReported to the California Department of HealthReported to the California Attorney General's Office

During the incident: Disabled all affected Patient Portal accounts to prevent any unauthorized access
Reported the incident to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Reported the incident to the California Department of Health
Reported the incident to the California Attorney General's Office
Changes made: Implementing additional policies and procedures to prevent these types of incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 15d
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 19, 2015
→ Notified: Apr 3, 2015
15d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 19, 2015 → Notified: Apr 3, 2015	15d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRApr 2 · first

California State AG+4d · this page

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/sb24-49239
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2015
Raw hash: c700c067f93be57a6786d1c23d976ea9f17b9d3f3cc085bd3e38adf484fa80b7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTulare County Health & Human Services Agency

Victim entityTulare County Health & Human Services Agency

Incidentdiscovered Mar 19, 2015

Stated responseDisabled all affected Patient Portal accounts to prevent any unauthorized access

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov