Turke & Strauss LLP, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Happy Bear Surgery Center, LLC regarding its recent data breach. The Happy Bear Surgery Center data breach involved sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information belonging to an undetermined number of individuals.
ABOUT HAPPY BEAR SURGERY CENTER, LLC:
Happy Bear Surgery Center is a children’s dental care practice based in California. Family owned and operated since its inception; Happy Bear Surgery Center performs necessary dental treatment on children 18 months to 17 years old who need to be asleep under general anesthesia for their treatment.3 Today, Happy Bear Surgery Center provides a variety of dental care services, including posterior and anterior crowns, dental fillings, extractions, spacer maintainers, pulpotomies and pulpectomies, frenectomy/frenotomy, X-Rays, and more. Headquartered in Tulare, California, Happy Bear Surgery Center has one location.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Recently, Happy Bear Surgery Center discovered that it had experienced a data breach in which sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information in its systems may have been accessed. Through its investigation, Happy Bear Surgery Center determined that an unauthorized actor may have accessed this sensitive information on December 27, 2023. On February 23, 2024, Happy Bear Surgery Center gave notice of the breach via its website and on April 11, 2024, began notifying individuals whose information may have been impacted. The type of information potentially exposed includes:
- Name
- Social Security number
- Address
- Driver’s license number
- Medical information
- Health insurance information
If you received a breach notification letter from Happy Bear Surgery Center, LLC:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at (608) 237-1775 or sam@turkestrauss.com.
If you were impacted by the Happy Bear Surgery Center data breach, you may consider taking the following steps to protect your personal information.
- Carefully review the breach notice and retain a copy;
- Enroll in any free credit monitoring services provided by Happy Bear Surgery Center, LLC:
- Change passwords and security questions for online accounts;
- Regularly review account statements for signs of fraud or unauthorized activity;
- Monitor credit reports for signs of identity theft; and
- Contact a credit bureau(s) to request a temporary fraud alert.