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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Financial Services
- Entity Name: Government Employees Insurance Company
- Street Address: 5260 Western Avenue
- City: Chevy Chase
- State, or Country if outside the US: Maryland
- Zip Code: 20815
Submitted By
- Name: Lynette Arce
- Title: Attorney
- Firm name (if different than entity): ZwillGen PLLC
- Telephone Number: 202-296-3583
- Email Address: lynette@zwillgen.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Outside Counsel
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 131,913
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 102
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 01/23/2021
- Date Breach Discovered: 03/01/2021
- Description of the Breach:
- External system breach (hacking)
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with: Driver's License Number or Non-Driver Identification Card Number
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 04/09/2021
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: DL3_IndNoticeLttr_ME_Redacted.pdf
- 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: 12 months; IdentityForce; Identity/Privacy Protection (fraud monitoring, dark web monitoring, dark web scan) and Identity Restoration (fully managed restoration, $1 million identity theft insurance)