Latest / California / February 2017

Renovate America, Inc.

Renovate America, Inc. notified California AG on Feb 3, 2017 of a data breach, which occurred on Jan 20, 2017. Data exposed: Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Email address, Tax ID / EIN / ITIN, Postal address, Name.

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

Organization
Renovate America, Inc.
Source
California AG · source record
Date reported
Feb 3, 2017
Date(s) of breach
Friday, January 20, 2017
Residents affected
Not published by this source
Data exposed
Social Security number Financial / bank account Email address Tax ID / EIN / ITIN Postal address Name
Notice letter
Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered
Jan 20, 2017, as stated in the letter
"We recently discovered that our company was the targeted victim of an email spoofing attack on January 20, 2017 in which an individual pretended to be our Chief Executive Officer."
Days to notice
14 days from discovery (Jan 20, 2017) to the California record (Feb 3, 2017). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
Offered in the letter
credit or identity monitoring through Experian
First seen by BreachTally
2026-10-30 16:18 UTC

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