Latest / California / February 2021
Principal Life Insurance Company
Principal Life Insurance Company notified California AG on Feb 23, 2021 of a data breach, which occurred on Feb 5, 2021. Data exposed: Social Security number, Postal address, Name.
All 3 filings by Principal Life Insurance Company, state by state · Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)
- Organization
- Principal Life Insurance Company
- Source
- California AG · source record
- Date reported
- Feb 23, 2021
- Date(s) of breach
- Friday, February 5, 2021
- Residents affected
- Not published by this source
- Data exposed
- Social Security number Postal address Name
- Notice letter
- Sample notice (PDF)
- Days to notice
- 18 days from the end of the breach window (Feb 5, 2021, no discovery date in the letter) to the California record (Feb 23, 2021). 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 16:08 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 Principal Life Insurance Company
| Organization | State | Reported | Residents affected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal Life Insurance Company | OR | May 7, 2020 | 20,333 |
| Principal Life Insurance Company | CA | May 7, 2020 | Not published |
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