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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Other Commercial
- Entity Name: The Hershey Company
- Street Address: 17033
- City: Hershey
- State, or Country if outside the US: Pennsylvania
- Zip Code: 17033
Submitted By
- Name: David Saunders
- Title: Partner
- Firm name (if different than entity): McDermott Will & Emery
- Telephone Number: 312-803-8305
- Email Address: dsaunders@mwe.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Outside Legal Counsel
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 2214
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 1
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 09/03/2023-09/04/2023
- Date Breach Discovered: 09/03/2023
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: Phishing campaign
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with: Financial Account Number or Credit/Debit Card Number (in combination with security code, access code, password or PIN for the account)
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 12/01/2023
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Template Letters.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: 24 months; Experian; Credit check, credit monitoring, identity restoration