In the email, the affected patients’ email addresses were visible, as the employee sending the email did not put the email address in the blind carbon copy section of the email, according to Tammie Weyker, public information officer for Tulare County HHSA.
The data breach affects patients at Visalia (Calif.) Health Care Center and Farmersville (Calif.) Health Care Center, according to the report.
No health information was compromised, according to the report.
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