Data Breach Notifications

Entity Information

  • Type of Organization: Education
  • Entity Name: Bates College
  • Street Address: 217 Lane Hall, 2 Andrews Road
  • City: Lewiston
  • State, or Country if outside the US: Maine
  • Zip Code: 04240

Submitted By

  • Name: Chad Tracy
  • Title: Director of Information Security, Privacy, and Compliance
  • Firm name (if different than entity):
  • Telephone Number: 207-786-6491
  • Email Address: ctracy@bates.edu
  • Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Employee

Breach Information

  • Total number of persons affected (including residents): 15
  • Total number of Maine residents affected: 15
  • If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
  • Date(s) Breach Occured: 05/30/2023
  • Date Breach Discovered: Date not provided by The Hartford
  • Description of the Breach:
    • Other
    • If other, please specify: A third party Bates does business with - The Hartford did business with PBI and it was PBI that suffered the breach.
  • 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: We expect that PBI will begin to provide notice to Bates' impacted employees on or about the week of July 31, 2023
  • Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: PBI Individual Notice Template (Consumers) - Hartford Final.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: The business ecured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to the affected individuals for 24 months. Kroll stated that their identity monitoring services include Credit Monitoring, Fraud Consultation, and Identity Theft Restoration.