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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Other Commercial
- Entity Name: Sears Hometown Stores, Inc.
- Street Address: 3333 Beverly Road
- City: Hoffman Estates
- State, or Country if outside the US: IL
- Zip Code: 60179
Submitted By
- Name: Lucie F. Huger
- Title: Attorney
- Firm name (if different than entity): Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.
- Telephone Number: 314-241-9090
- Email Address: lfh@greensfelder.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Attorney
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 825
- 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: 06/03/21
- Date Breach Discovered: 06/24/21
- Description of the Breach:
- External system breach (hacking)
- 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: 08/27/21
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Transformco Ad 3BM Hometown Wave 2 r3prf.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: Identity Theft Monitoring from Kroll for 1 year.