State of California Department of Justice
Rob Bonta
Attorney General
Attorney General
California law requires a business or state or local agency to notify any California resident whose unencrypted personal information, as defined, was acquired, or reasonably believed to have been acquired, by an unauthorized person. (You can read the law here: California Civil Code s. 1798.29(a) for state agencies and California Civ. Code s. 1798.82(a) for businesses).
The law also requires that a sample copy of a breach notice sent to more than 500 California residents must be provided to the California Attorney General. Below is a list of those sample breach notices. (Note that in some cases the organization that sent the notice is not the one that experienced the breach. For example, a bank may notify of a credit card number breach that occurred not at the bank, but at a merchant.)
You can search by the name of the organization that sent the notice, or simply scroll through the list. To read a notice, click on the name of the organization in the list. Then click on the link titled "Sample Notification."
| Organization Name | Date(s) of Breach | Reported Date |
|---|---|---|
| PLAE INC. | 03/15/2018, 05/11/2018 | 06/04/2018 |
| Edward D. Jones & Co, L.P. | 04/21/2018 | 06/04/2018 |
| City of Thousand Oaks | 11/21/2017 | 06/04/2018 |
| Hair Free Forever | n/a | 06/03/2018 |
| Forever 21, Inc. | 02/15/2018 | 06/01/2018 |
| Elmcroft Senior Living, Inc. | 05/10/2018, 05/11/2018, 05/12/2018 | 06/01/2018 |
| Transamerica, including Transamerica Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC | 03/01/2017, 01/31/2018 | 06/01/2018 |
| Bay Area Air Quality Management District | 01/10/2018, 01/24/2018, 01/31/2018, 02/07/2018 | 05/25/2018 |
| CBS Interactive, Inc. | 01/01/2018, 05/16/2018 | 05/24/2018 |
| California Department of Public Health | 03/12/2018 | 05/23/2018 |
| Golden 1 Credit Union | 04/07/2018, 04/14/2018, 04/22/2018 | 05/22/2018 |
| Muir Medical Group, IPA. Inc. | 12/07/2017 | 05/22/2018 |
| Worldwide Services Insurance Agency, LLC | 10/11/2017, 10/13/2017 | 05/21/2018 |
| Brinker International, Inc. | 05/11/2018 | 05/18/2018 |
| Bombas, LLC | n/a | 05/18/2018 |
| Black Phoenix, Inc | 05/01/2018 | 05/17/2018 |
| Corporation Service Company | 11/25/2017 | 05/17/2018 |
| Sears Holdings Management Corporation | 09/27/2017, 10/12/2017 | 05/17/2018 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | 11/20/2017, 12/09/2017 | 05/16/2018 |
| LifeBridge Health | 09/27/2016, 03/18/2018 | 05/15/2018 |
| TaskRabbit, Inc. | 04/11/2018 | 05/14/2018 |
| San Francisco Department of Public Health ("SFDPH") | 12/09/2017 | 05/11/2018 |
| Capitol Administrators, Inc. | 01/07/2018, 01/24/2018 | 05/11/2018 |
| Farmgirl Flowers, Inc. | 04/26/2018, 04/29/2018 | 05/11/2018 |
| USACS Management Group, Ltd. | 03/09/2018 | 05/08/2018 |
| Deephaven Mortgage LLC | 01/10/2018 | 05/08/2018 |
| Global University | 12/31/2017, 01/31/2018 | 05/08/2018 |
| Rail Europe North America Inc. | 11/29/2017 | 05/08/2018 |
| MASON LAW OFFICE, P.C. | 05/05/2018, 05/04/2018 | 05/05/2018 |
| Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego | 03/29/2018 | 05/03/2018 |
| Hudson’s Bay Company | n/a | 04/27/2018 |
| CPT Group, Inc. | 12/08/2017 | 04/27/2018 |
| Southwest Airlines co. | 10/01/2017 | 04/20/2018 |
| W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 09/26/2017, 10/12/2017 | 04/20/2018 |
| Center for Orthopaedic Specialists | 02/18/2018, 02/25/2018, 03/04/2018 | 04/19/2018 |
| AccessLex Institute d/b/a Access Group | 03/23/2018 | 04/18/2018 |
| Temp-Tations Home LLC d/b/a “Tara at Home” | 08/01/2017 | 04/16/2018 |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | 09/26/2017, 10/12/2017 | 04/13/2018 |
| California Physicians’ Service, d/b/a Blue Shield of California | 11/01/2017 | 04/13/2018 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 12/09/2017 | 04/13/2018 |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 09/26/2017, 10/12/2017 | 04/13/2018 |
| PF@-Com, Inc. | 02/20/2018, 03/15/2018 | 04/13/2018 |
| Mise En Place Restaurant Services, Inc. | 03/06/2018, 03/15/2018 | 04/12/2018 |
| Walker Advertising, LLC | 01/29/2018 | 04/09/2018 |
| CA Dept. Developmental Services | 02/11/2018 | 04/06/2018 |
| Blue Beacon International | 01/29/2018, 03/15/2018 | 04/06/2018 |
| Dollar Shave Club, Inc. | 03/21/2018 | 04/04/2018 |
| City of Thousand Oaks | 01/04/2018 | 04/03/2018 |
| Autism Learning Partners Holdings, LLC | 03/15/2018 | 04/03/2018 |
| Sonoma County Indian Health Project, Inc. | 03/08/2018 | 04/02/2018 |