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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Other Commercial
- Entity Name: The Bell Company, LLC
- Street Address: 1340 Lexington Avenue
- City: Rochester
- State, or Country if outside the US: New York
- Zip Code: 14606
Submitted By
- Name: Shannon Knapp
- Title: Associate Attorney
- Firm name (if different than entity): Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
- Telephone Number: 315-218-8306
- Email Address: sknapp@bsk.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Attorney
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 3094
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 8
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 10/15/2021
- Date Breach Discovered: 10/17/2021
- Description of the Breach:
- External system breach (hacking)
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with: Social Security Number
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 02/11/2022
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Maine Bell security incident consumer notification letter.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications:
- Were identity theft protection services offered: Yes
- If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: IDX, 12 months of credit and Cyberscan monitoring, $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy, and ID theft recovery services