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Guidance Center

Disclosed Oct 28, 20196 years ago1,622 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The covered entity (CE), The Guidance Center, reported that a former employee impermissibly accessed numerous email accounts containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,189 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its employees. During the investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding its security management process.

What is known

People affected1,622 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedOct 28, 2019
HappenedMar 15, 2019
AttackHacking
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
California Attorney General breach notice: Guidance Centeroag.ca.gov · Official notice
Indiana Attorney General 2019 data breach report: Guidance Centerin.gov · Official notice
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Guidance Center (Healthcare Provider, CA)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
Indiana AGresidents of INOct 28, 20196
HHS archivetotalOct 28, 20191,189
California AGresidents of CAOct 30, 2019

Other breaches at Guidance Center

BreachAffected
Disclosed Apr 5, 2022Apr 5, 20224 years agoHacking23K
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · sector: other to health · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names","health"] · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The covered entity (CE), The Guidance Center, reported that a former employee impermissibly accessed numerous email accounts containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,189 individuals. The ePHI involved included name · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to organization · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · records: empty to 1622 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2019-10-30 to 2019-10-28 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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