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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Financial Services
- Entity Name: Capital Formation Group, Inc.
- Street Address: 62 Walnut St.
- City: Wellesley
- State, or Country if outside the US: MA
- Zip Code: 02481
Submitted By
- Name: James Lee
- Title: Chief Operations Officer
- Firm name (if different than entity):
- Telephone Number: 781-237-0123
- Email Address: jamesl@capformgroup.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Employee
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 297
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 8
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 02/08/2023
- Date Breach Discovered: 07/20/2023
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: Phishing
- 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: 07/27/2023;08/23/2023
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Capital Formation Group - Notice of Data Event- ME- Exhbit 1.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications: 07/27/2023
- 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: 24 months – Experian – Credit monitoring and identity restoration services.