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On or about August 21, 2024, Pomona Community Health Center d/b/a ParkTree Community Health Center (“PCHC”) sent a Notice of Data Breach Letter (“Breach Letter”) via mail to victims of the PCHC data breach informing them that their personal information, Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) and Protected Health Information (“PHI”), was obtained by unauthorized users who accessed PCHC’s network (“data breach”) on February 7, 2024.
After PCHC became aware of the potential unauthorized access to its network, it launched an investigation. The investigation concluded on July 9, 2024, and determined that unauthorized users had accessed and removed files from PCHC’s network. As a result of the data breach, hackers obtained from victims their first and last names, dates of birth, contact information, and personal and/or health information.
Founded in 1995, PCHC is a non-profit health center providing primary medical services. PCHC is headquartered in Pomona, California and employs more than 90 people with annual revenue of around $13 million.
Specific numbers are not yet known, but it is likely thousands of people throughout California and possibly throughout the United States were exposed. If you received a Breach Letter from PCHC, then you were impacted by the data breach.
Thus far PCHC has not offered complimentary credit monitoring or identity protection services.
WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?
According to PCHC, the following information was exposed:
On or about August 21, 2024, Pomona Community Health Center d/b/a ParkTree Community Health Center (“PCHC”) sent a Notice of Data Breach Letter (“Breach Letter”) via mail to victims of the PCHC data breach informing them that their personal information, Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) and Protected Health Information (“PHI”), was obtained by unauthorized users who accessed PCHC’s network (“data breach”) on February 7, 2024.
After PCHC became aware of the potential unauthorized access to its network, it launched an investigation. The investigation concluded on July 9, 2024, and determined that unauthorized users had accessed and removed files from PCHC’s network. As a result of the data breach, hackers obtained from victims their first and last names, dates of birth, contact information, and personal and/or health information.
Founded in 1995, PCHC is a non-profit health center providing primary medical services. PCHC is headquartered in Pomona, California and employs more than 90 people with annual revenue of around $13 million.
Specific numbers are not yet known, but it is likely thousands of people throughout California and possibly throughout the United States were exposed. If you received a Breach Letter from PCHC, then you were impacted by the data breach.
Thus far PCHC has not offered complimentary credit monitoring or identity protection services.
WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?
According to PCHC, the following information was exposed:
- First and Last Name
- Date of Birth
- Contact Information
- Gender
- Health Plan Identification Number
- Medical Record Number
- Clinical Details, including:
- Diagnosis
- Medications
- Doctor’s Notes