UC San Diego Health Reveals Some Patients Data Was Collected, Sent to 3rd-Parties

The Geisel Library at the University of California–San Diego in La Jolla, Calif., on May 15, 2018. Yang Jie/The Epoch Times

SAN DIEGO—The University of California–San Diego (UCSD) Health March 16 notified patients that a third-party vendor used analytics tools on scheduling websites for Urgent Care and Express Care clinics, the information captured on which was then transmitted to other companies.

Solv Health hosted and managed UCSD Health’s scheduling websites for the Urgent Care in La Jolla at 8910 Villa La Jolla Drive and five locations of Express Care clinics:

• Downtown San Diego, 203 West F St.
• Encinitas, 1505 Encinitas Blvd.
• Eastlake/Chula Vista, 2295 Otay Lakes Road, Suite 110
• Pacific Highlands Ranch, 6030 Village Way, Suite 200
• Rancho Bernardo, 16950 Via Tazon.

For those who used the scheduling website between Sept. 13 and Dec. 22, 2022, to book appointments for in-person or video visits at these locations, the analytics tools may have captured names, dates of birth, email addresses, IP addresses, third-party cookies, reasons for visits and insurance types.