Legal Aid Society of Orange County

Legal Aid Society of Orange County notified California AG on Jan 6, 2017 of a data breach, which occurred on Sep 25, 2016. Data exposed: Social Security number, Name.

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

Organization: Legal Aid Society of Orange County
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Jan 6, 2017
Date(s) of breach: Sunday, September 25, 2016
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Oct 31, 2016, as stated in the letter
"On October 31, 2016, LASOC became aware that certain completed tax forms from the 2007 and 2008 tax years had become temporarily accessible to the general public through a directed search on certain internet search engines."
Days to notice: 67 days from discovery (Oct 31, 2016) to the California record (Jan 6, 2017). 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 16:18 UTC

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