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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Education
- Entity Name: Fairfax County Public Schools
- Street Address: 8115 Gatehouse Road
- City: Falls Church
- State, or Country if outside the US: Virginia
- Zip Code: 22042
Submitted By
- Name: John E. Foster
- Title: Division Counsel
- Firm name (if different than entity): N/A
- Telephone Number: 571-423-1250
- Email Address: jefoster@fcps.edu
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Division Counsel
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 172,128
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 93
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 8/21/2020-09/05/2020
- Date Breach Discovered: 09/06/2020
- 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: 01/21/2021
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Jan 21 Letter to Others - 12 Month Monitoring.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications: 11/16/2020
- 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 12-month identity/credit monitoring and identity restoration services