Orange County Global Medical Center recently suffered data breach which involved some of its patients. As per the reports, an employee emailed an Orange County Global statistical report to an wrong recipient.
“We take this matter, and the security and privacy of your information, very seriously,” explained the letter, a copy of which was posted on the California Office of Attorney General. “Since the incident occurred, and in addition to instructing the inadvertent recipient to delete the information, we have implemented additional protocols for sending information, reviewed our policies and procedures, and provided additional training to staff.”
Facility came to know about the incident the same day. It reached out to the recipient asking him to immediately and permanently delete the email and related information from his email account.
Affected information included patient treatment and diagnoses information, medical record numbers, dates of birth, treatment dates, and names.
Orange County Global Medical Center mentioned that patient Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, health insurance information, or financial account information were not affected in the incident. It didn’t mentioned the number of patients affected by the incident. It is providing free access to identity monitoring and restoration services for one year to affected patients.
As per the statement:
“If you believe there was fraudulent use of your information as a result of this incident and would like to discuss how you may be able to resolve those issues, please reach out to an Experian agent. If, after discussing your situation with an agent, it is determined that identity restoration support is needed then an Experian Identity Restoration agent is available to work with you to investigate and resolve each incident of fraud that occurred from the date of the incident.”
Facility has asked affected patients to contact Experian Identity Works for any fraud issues. One can also enroll for –
- Internet Surveillance
- Identity Restoration
- Experian IdentityWorks ExtendCARET
- $1 Million Identity Theft Insurance
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