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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Other Commercial
- Entity Name: Sam's Club
- Street Address: 2101 SE Simple Savings Drive
- City: Bentonville
- State, or Country if outside the US: Arkansas
- Zip Code: 72712
Submitted By
- Name: Eric Brewer
- Title: Senior Director
- Firm name (if different than entity):
- Telephone Number: 4793128235
- Email Address: Eric.Brewer@Wal-Mart.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Employee
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 285885
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 1038
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified: Yes
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 09/17-24/2020
- Date Breach Discovered: 09/24/2020
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: Account takeover via credential stuffing
- 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: 10/21/2020
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Sams Club - Individual Notification Letter Template.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: Experian, 12 months, credit monitoring and ID restoration services