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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Education
- Entity Name: Pellissippi State Community College
- Street Address: 10915 Hardin Valley Road
- City: Knoxville
- State, or Country if outside the US: TN
- Zip Code: 37933
Submitted By
- Name: Audrey Williams
- Title: Vice President, Information Services/CIO
- Firm name (if different than entity):
- Telephone Number: 865-539-7198
- Email Address: cio@pstcc.edu
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: CIO
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 206000
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 41
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified: Yes
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 12/06/2021
- Date Breach Discovered: 01/13/2022
- Description of the Breach:
- External system breach (hacking)
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with:
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Electronic
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 02/01/2022
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: NotificationText-send-to-AG.docx
- 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: online credit monitoring service (myTrueIdentity) for 12 months provided by TransUnion Interactive, a subsidiary of TransUnion®