American Payroll Institute, Inc. (APA); Global Payroll Management Institute, Inc. (GPMI)

American Payroll Institute, Inc. (APA); Global Payroll Management Institute, Inc. (GPMI) notified California AG on Aug 31, 2020 of a data breach, which occurred on May 13, 2020. Data exposed: Financial / bank account, Date of birth, Usernames / passwords, Email address, Postal address, Name.

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

Organization: American Payroll Institute, Inc. (APA); Global Payroll Management Institute, Inc. (GPMI)
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Aug 31, 2020
Date(s) of breach: Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Financial / bank account Date of birth Usernames / passwords Email address Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Jul 13, 2020, as stated in the letter
" 660 North Main Avenue, Suite 100, San Antonio, TX 78205  210-226-4600  AmericanPayroll.org August [**], 2020 NOTICE OF SECURITY INCIDENT Dear [Name]: The American Payroll Association (“APA”) writes to inform you that a data security ..."
Days to notice: 49 days from discovery (Jul 13, 2020) to the California record (Aug 31, 2020). 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
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:09 UTC

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