Data Breach Notifications

Entity Information

  • Type of Organization: Other Commercial
  • Entity Name: USCC Services, LLC d/b/a U.S. Cellular
  • Street Address: 8410 W. Bryn Mawr Road
  • City: Chicago
  • State, or Country if outside the US: Illinois
  • Zip Code: 60631

Submitted By

  • Name: Barbara Kern
  • Title: Sr. Director, Privacy and Legal Affairs
  • Firm name (if different than entity):
  • Telephone Number: 773-399-4109
  • Email Address: barbara.kern@uscellular.com
  • Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: employee

Breach Information

  • Total number of persons affected (including residents): 36
  • Total number of Maine residents affected: 2
  • If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
  • Date(s) Breach Occured: 09/21/2020
  • Date Breach Discovered: 09/22/2020
  • Description of the Breach:
    • Other, External system breach (hacking)
    • If other, please specify: Phishing scheme
  • Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with:

Notification and Protection Services

  • Type of Notification: Written
  • Date(s) of consumer notification: 10/13/2020
  • Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Incident Customer Notification 10.9.20 finaldraft.docx
  • Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications: N/A
  • Were identity theft protection services offered: No
  • If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: