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Southwest Airlines co.
Southwest Airlines co. notified California AG on Apr 20, 2018 of a data breach, which occurred on Oct 1, 2017. Data exposed: Social Security number, Passport number, Financial / bank account, Email address, Phone number, Postal address, Name.
All 2 filings by Southwest Airlines co., state by state · Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)
- Organization
- Southwest Airlines co.
- Source
- California AG · source record
- Date reported
- Apr 20, 2018
- Date(s) of breach
- Sunday, October 1, 2017
- Residents affected
- Not published by this source
- Data exposed
- Social Security number Passport number Financial / bank account Email address Phone number Postal address Name
- Notice letter
- Sample notice (PDF)
- Discovered
- Mar 1, 2018, as stated in the letter"While conducting an investigation of the Orbitz platform, Orbitz determined on March 1, 2018 there was evidence suggesting that, between October 1, 2017 and December 22, 2017, an unauthorized third-party may have accessed certain persona..."
- Days to notice
- 50 days from discovery (Mar 1, 2018) to the California record (Apr 20, 2018). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
- 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
Dates and counts as filed by the organization with the agency. The breach window and the report date often differ by months.
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Other filings by Southwest Airlines co.
| Organization | State | Reported | Residents affected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines co. | OR | Apr 20, 2018 | 36,485 |
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