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Sonrisas Dental Health Data Breach

Posted on behalf of Arnold Law Firm on May 14, 2025 in Data Breach
Updated on May 22, 2025

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Sonrisas Dental Health, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

​​​​​​​​On May 5, 2025, Sonrisas Dental Health (“Sonrisas”) reported a significant cybersecurity incident to the Attorney General’s office of California. The incident involved unauthorized access to Sonrisas’s computer network (the “Data Breach”) that was discovered on or about March 4, 2025. A subsequent investigation concluded that sensitive personal information had been compromised. Approximately 15,644 individuals have been affected. 

Recently, Sonrisas began sending data breach notification letters to individuals affected by the Data Breach. If you received a data breach notification letter from Sonrisas, it indicates that your information was affected by the Data Breach​. Each notification letter includes an offer for a year’s complimentary membership to CyberScout single bureau credit monitoring.

Founded in 2001 and based in San Mateo, California, Sonrisas is a 501(c)(3) non-profit agency that provides comprehensive dental health treatment to underserved and uninsured patients.  Sonrisas provides services to more than 4,500 patients annually and has one additional location in Half Moon Bay, California. Sonrisas has an annual operating budget of around $6 million and employs around 10 individuals. 

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED SONRISAS DENTAL HEALTH DATA BREACH?

The types of information compromised vary by individual but may include the following: 

  • Full names,
  • Driver’s license numbers,
  • Social Security numbers,
  • Dates of birth, 
  • Medical information, such as dental images. 

This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. 

Personal medical information (a specific type of PII) is referred to as Protected Health Information (“PHI”). It is protected under both state and federal law. Healthcare providers and other businesses who handle PHI are required to protect that information. Like stolen PII, stolen PHI can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. Quite often, PII and PHI are used in conjunction by hackers.

The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. 

California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Sonrisas Dental Health, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.