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Stericycle, Inc.

Stericycle, Inc. notified California AG on Aug 31, 2020 of a data breach, which occurred on Apr 8, 2020. Data exposed: Social Security number, Passport number, Financial / bank account, Medical / health information, Health insurance, Email address, Tax ID / EIN / ITIN, Name.

All 2 filings by Stericycle, Inc., state by state · Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization
Stericycle, Inc.
Source
California AG · source record
Date reported
Aug 31, 2020
Date(s) of breach
Tuesday, October 1, 2019Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Residents affected
Not published by this source
Data exposed
Social Security number Passport number Financial / bank account Medical / health information Health insurance Email address Tax ID / EIN / ITIN Name
Notice letter
Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered
Jul 27, 2020, as stated in the letter
"On July 27, 2020, we determined that your personal information was contained in at least one of the email accounts that appears to have been accessed by an unauthorized individual."
Days to notice
35 days from discovery (Jul 27, 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
24 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian
First seen by BreachTally
2026-10-30 16:09 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 Stericycle, Inc.

OrganizationSourceStateReportedResidents affectedData exposed
Stericycle, Inc. Oregon DOJ OR Aug 31, 2020 80,890 Not stated

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