St Mary Medical Center

St Mary Medical Center notified California AG on May 14, 2012 of a data breach, which occurred on May 7, 2012. Data exposed: Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Medical / health information, Phone number, Postal address, Name.

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

Organization: St Mary Medical Center
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: May 14, 2012
Date(s) of breach: Monday, May 7, 2012
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Financial / bank account Medical / health information Phone number Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: May 8, 2012, as stated in the letter
"On May 8, 2012, we discovered that an unencrypted thumb drive with patient names, account numbers, diagnosis, dates of admission and discharge, physicians’ names, account numbers and medical record numbers was lost."
Days to notice: 6 days from discovery (May 8, 2012) to the California record (May 14, 2012). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
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