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California Department of Public Health

California Department of Public Health Data Breach (2013)

California Department of Public Health

lowVERIS
Disclosed

August 20, 2013

4602 days ago

Records

1

Confirmed

Root Cause

Human Error

Industry

Government

Description

A contracted Madera County WIC employee mistakenly gave WIC paper records about a patient to another participant. Upon discovering the mistake, the participant immediately notified the Madera County WIC office and returned the records. The information was limited to name and medical information (in the form of the expected date of delivery of the child).