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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Education
- Entity Name: Bates College
- Street Address: 217 Lane Hall, 2 Andrews Road
- City: Lewiston
- State, or Country if outside the US: Maine
- Zip Code: 04240
Submitted By
- Name: Chad Tracy
- Title: Director of Information Security Privacy, and Compliance
- Firm name (if different than entity):
- Telephone Number: 207-786-6491
- Email Address: ctracy@bates.edu
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Employee
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 393
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 250
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified: No
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 05-30-2023
- Date Breach Discovered: 06/20/2023
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: Two third party companies Bates does business with where we provide our data (TIAA and National Student Clearinghouse) were compromised through the MOVEit breach
- 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: 07/03/2023
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: individual notice template - tiaa - 6.28.23_2841934.1_.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: 2 year