Data Breach Notifications

Entity Information

  • Type of Organization: Education
  • Entity Name: Thayer Academy
  • Street Address: 745 Washington Street
  • City: Braintree
  • State, or Country if outside the US: Massachusetts
  • Zip Code: 02184

Submitted By

  • Name: Sandy Garfinkel
  • Title: Legal Counsel
  • Firm name (if different than entity): Eckert Seamans
  • Telephone Number: 4125666868
  • Email Address: sgarfinkel@eckertseamans.com
  • Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Legal Counsel

Breach Information

  • Total number of persons affected (including residents): 957
  • Total number of Maine residents affected: 3
  • If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
  • Date(s) Breach Occured: 02/07/2020
  • Date Breach Discovered: 10/05/2020
  • Description of the Breach:
    • Other
    • If other, please specify: External system breach at a vendor, Blackbaud. Account numbers only (no security, access codes, or PINs were accessed)
  • 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: 11/03/2020
  • Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: B%20-%20NON-MA%20%28BA%20+%20SSN%29.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: 24 months, Experian, credit monitoring and identity theft protection and restoration