2017 — Blue Shield of California: Blue Shield of California admitted to a PHI data…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
Blue Shield of California admitted to a PHI data breach involving an insurance broker who was not authorized to receive patient information, according to a breach notification submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office. The Blue Shield of California Privacy Office received confirmation on March 23, 2018 that a breach had occurred in November 2017 during the 2018 Medicare Annual Enrolment Period when a Blue Shield employee emailed a document containing PHI to an insurance broker “in vi
Root cause
Unintended disclosure