General Electric Company

General Electric Company notified California AG on Mar 20, 2020 of a data breach, which occurred on Feb 14, 2020. Data exposed: Social Security number, Passport number, Financial / bank account, Medical / health information.

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

Organization: General Electric Company
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Mar 20, 2020
Date(s) of breach: Monday, February 3, 2020Friday, February 14, 2020
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Passport number Financial / bank account Medical / health information
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Mar 20, 2020, as stated in the letter
"March 20, 2020 NOTICE OF DATA BREACH Recently GE was informed that one of our service providers, Canon Business Process Services, Inc. (“Canon”), experienced a data security incident."
Days to notice: 0 days from discovery (Mar 20, 2020) to the California record (Mar 20, 2020). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
Offered in the letter: 24 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:10 UTC

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