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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

Disclosed Nov 7, 20196 years ago515 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

Kaiser Permanente (KP), the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee sent the protected health information (PHI) of 515 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to this breach incident, KP implemented additional administrative safeguards to prevent future incidents of this nature.

What is known

People affected515 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedNov 7, 2019
AttackInsider
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorInsurance · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Health Plan, CA)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
HHS archivetotalNov 7, 2019515

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History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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