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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Financial Services
- Entity Name: Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
- Street Address: 707 2nd Ave S
- City: Minneapolis
- State, or Country if outside the US: MINNESOTA
- Zip Code: 55474
Submitted By
- Name: Robert Severson
- Title: Manager-Electronic Crime Investigations
- Firm name (if different than entity): Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
- Telephone Number: 6126712047
- Email Address: bob.severson@ampf.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Current employee
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 104
- 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: 3/19-11/20
- Date Breach Discovered: 11/23/2020
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: A financial advisor sold the building where his financial advisory practice resided to a new owner. The building was unoccupied, but secured, for a period of time. On November 23, 2020, the new owner of the building notified the advisor that a file cabinet had been left behind when he vacated the premises. The owner returned the files to the advisor.
- 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: 1/11/2021
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Client Notification Letter.docx
- 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: 1 Year; EZ Shield