La Clinica de La Raza, Inc., a community health center, filed a data breach notification with the California Attorney General referencing an incident dated November 4, 2024. The official notification letter submitted with this filing is a scanned document, and no readable text could be pulled from it. That means we can’t tell you from the filing itself how the breach happened, whether it involved hacking, an employee error, a lost device, or something else — the cause is simply not available to us right now.
Because the underlying letter isn’t machine-readable, this filing also doesn’t tell us how many patients or individuals were notified, or whether the letter was sent to a broad group of people or a smaller set of affected individuals. If you received a letter directly from La Clinica de La Raza referencing this incident, that letter is the most reliable source of details specific to your situation, including any specifics about what happened and who was affected.
What information was exposed?
- The specific types of personal or health information involved were not disclosed in the readable portion of this filing.
- Health centers like La Clinica de La Raza typically maintain data such as names, contact information, dates of birth, medical record or treatment information, and insurance or Medicaid identifiers, but we cannot confirm which of these, if any, were involved in this incident.
- If you received a letter directly, check it for a specific list of data types — that document should spell out exactly what was exposed for you.
What should you do now?
- Read any letter you received from La Clinica de La Raza carefully, since it may include details not available in this public filing, such as which specific data types were involved and any offer of free monitoring services.
- Because this incident involves a healthcare provider, treat any calls, texts, or emails claiming to be from the clinic, your insurer, or a billing service with caution, and verify requests for personal information by contacting the clinic directly using a phone number you look up independently.
- Watch your health insurance statements (called an Explanation of Benefits) for any services or visits you don’t recognize, since medical identity misuse can sometimes show up there before anywhere else.
- Consider placing a fraud alert or credit freeze with the three major credit bureaus as a precaution, especially if you’re unsure what data was involved.
- Given the uncertainty here, it may be worth signing up for a service like Aura or LifeLock, which can alert you if your personal information turns up somewhere it shouldn’t.
- Keep any breach notification letter you receive, along with dates and notes from any calls you make about it, in case you need them later.