SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc.
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Full breach record for SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. →SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. notified the California AG of a data security incident. The breach occurred on May 13, 2020, but suspicious activity was not identified until December 18, 2020. An investigation concluded on August 4, 2021, that names and Social Security numbers may have been accessed. The company offered identity monitoring services to affected individuals.
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Incident timeline
May 13, 2020
Begins
Dec 18, 2020
Discovered
Aug 27, 2021
Filed
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap
- Massachusetts State AGbd_5d1119173a1a1d702021-08-27Verified
- Maine State AGbd_79b8e613fe4dbbff2021-08-27Verified
- South Carolina State AGbd_0db3e2cd96640c932021-08-25 · +2dVerified
- Washington State AGbd_27e97a822e6e13622021-08-24 · +3dVerified
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- Indiana State AGbd_97379d175ed5a5552021-08-24 · +3dVerified
- Montana State AGbd_bb3c6553e769b6d42021-08-24 · +3dVerified
- New Hampshire State AGbd_c24b30aeb03debab2021-08-24 · +3dVerified
- Illinois State AGbd_767e5f0a78a5cc602021-01-01 · +238dCandidate
Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Aug 27 (CA) — a 238-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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