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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Education
- Entity Name: Rutgers University
- Street Address: 65 Bergen Street, Suite 1360
- City: Newark
- State, or Country if outside the US: New Jersey
- Zip Code: 07107
Submitted By
- Name: Sara Goldstein
- Title: Partner
- Firm name (if different than entity): Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Telephone Number: 215-564-1572
- Email Address: sgoldstein@bakerlaw.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Outside Counsel
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 2165
- 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: 10/6/2020-10/7/2020
- Date Breach Discovered: 04/19/2021
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: Email Compromise
- 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: 04/30/2021
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Rutgers Maine Appendix & Sample Letter.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications: None
- 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, 1 Year, Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Prevention services