AccessLex Institute d/b/a Access Group

AccessLex Institute d/b/a Access Group notified California AG on Apr 18, 2018 of a data breach, which occurred on Mar 23, 2018. Data exposed: Social Security number, Name.

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

Organization: AccessLex Institute d/b/a Access Group
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Apr 18, 2018
Date(s) of breach: Friday, March 23, 2018
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Mar 23, 2018, as stated in the letter
"What Happened: On March 28, 2018 we learned that on March 23, 2018 a vendor we use to help provide student loan processing services inadvertently sent a copy of certain loan files, including your file, to another business that was not au..."
Days to notice: 26 days from discovery (Mar 23, 2018) to the California record (Apr 18, 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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