OptumRx

OptumRx notified California AG on Apr 8, 2016 of a data breach, which occurred on Mar 16, 2016. Data exposed: Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Medical / health information, Health insurance, Date of birth, Email address, Phone number, Postal address, Name.

Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization: OptumRx
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Apr 8, 2016
Date(s) of breach: Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Financial / bank account Medical / health information Health insurance Date of birth Email address Phone number Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Mar 22, 2016, as stated in the letter
"On March 22, 2016, we were notified that an unencrypted laptop computer belonging to a vendor of OptumRx, which provides home delivery prescription services to you, was stolen from one of its employee’s vehicles."
Days to notice: 17 days from discovery (Mar 22, 2016) to the California record (Apr 8, 2016). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
Offered in the letter: 12 months of credit or identity monitoring through Norton LifeLock
Third party: The letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:19 UTC

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