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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Financial Services
- Entity Name: Whitley Penn
- Street Address: 640 Taylor St., Suite 2200
- City: Fort Worth
- State, or Country if outside the US: Texas
- Zip Code: 76102
Submitted By
- Name: Shawn Tuma
- Title: Attorney
- Firm name (if different than entity):
- Telephone Number: 972-324-0317
- Email Address: stuma@spencerfane.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Attorney
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 729
- 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: 09/05/2023
- Date Breach Discovered: 10/05/2023
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: Lost credentials. User lost control of credentials in an undetermined manner and bad actor used them to access systems.
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with: Financial Account Number or Credit/Debit Card Number (in combination with security code, access code, password or PIN for the account)
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 01/29/2024
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Individual_rev1 (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: 12-months of monitoring by Experian, a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services in the event of a compromised identity.