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Gracenote, a Nielsen Company

Gracenote, a Nielsen Company notified California AG on Jun 15, 2017 of a data breach, which occurred on May 18, 2017. Data exposed: Email address, Postal address, Name.

All 2 filings by Gracenote, a Nielsen Company, state by state · Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization
Gracenote, a Nielsen Company
Source
California AG · source record
Date reported
Jun 15, 2017
Date(s) of breach
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Residents affected
Not published by this source
Data exposed
Email address Postal address Name
Notice letter
Sample notice (PDF)
Days to notice
28 days from the end of the breach window (May 18, 2017, no discovery date in the letter) to the California record (Jun 15, 2017). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
Offered in the letter
24 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian
First seen by BreachTally
2026-10-30 16:17 UTC

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Other filings by Gracenote, a Nielsen Company

OrganizationSourceStateReportedResidents affectedData exposed
Gracenote, A Nielsen Company Oregon DOJ OR Jun 23, 2017 Not published Not stated

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