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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Financial Services
- Entity Name: Lincoln Financial Group
- Street Address: 1300 S Clinton St
- City: Fort Wayne
- State, or Country if outside the US: Indiana
- Zip Code: 46802
Submitted By
- Name: Tangela Gerz
- Title: Privacy specialist
- Firm name (if different than entity):
- Telephone Number: 2604557286
- Email Address: tangela.gerz@lfg.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Employee
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 1
- 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: 02/11/2021
- Date Breach Discovered: 03/10/2021
- Description of the Breach:
- Inadvertent disclosure
- 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: 03/17/2021
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Sample Notification Letter.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications: 04/15/2020
- 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: One year membership in Experian's Identity Works credit monitoring service