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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Other Commercial
- Entity Name: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
- Street Address: 9500 Glenlyon Parkway
- City: Burnaby
- State, or Country if outside the US: Canada
- Zip Code: V5J 0C6
Submitted By
- Name: Aravind Swaminathan
- Title: Partner
- Firm name (if different than entity): Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe
- Telephone Number: 206-839-4340
- Email Address: aswaminathan@orrick.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Attorney
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 9566
- 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: 10/28/2021 - 11/15/2021
- Date Breach Discovered: 11/14/2021
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: Ransomware
- 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: 03/11/2022
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Ritchie Bros Sample Individual Notice (002).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: Ritchie Bros. is providing complimentary identity monitoring to affected individuals for two years through Kroll. The identity monitoring services include Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Restoration.