Funding Circle

Funding Circle notified California AG on Mar 30, 2018 of a data breach, which occurred on Jun 1, 2017. Data exposed: Social Security number, Email address, Phone number, Postal address, Name.

Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization: Funding Circle
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Mar 30, 2018
Date(s) of breach: Thursday, June 1, 2017
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Email address Phone number Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: November 2017, as stated in the letter
"Based on information provided by law enforcement, the data vendor identified the malicious activity in November 2017, and determined that Funding Circle data was included in one of the impacted email accounts on February 20, 2018."
Days to notice: 302 days from the end of the breach window (Jun 1, 2017, no discovery date in the letter) to the California record (Mar 30, 2018). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
Offered in the letter: 12 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian
Third party: The letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:15 UTC

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