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California law requires a business or state or local agency to notify any California resident whose unencrypted personal information, as defined, was acquired, or reasonably believed to have been acquired, by an unauthorized person. (You can read the law here: California Civil Code s. 1798.29(a) for state agencies and California Civ. Code s. 1798.82(a) for businesses).

The law also requires that a sample copy of a breach notice sent to more than 500 California residents must be provided to the California Attorney General. Below is a list of those sample breach notices. (Note that in some cases the organization that sent the notice is not the one that experienced the breach. For example, a bank may notify of a credit card number breach that occurred not at the bank, but at a merchant.)

You can search by the name of the organization that sent the notice, or simply scroll through the list. To read a notice, click on the name of the organization in the list. Then click on the link titled "Sample Notification."

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Organization Name Date(s) of Breach Reported Date
Kroll Background America, Inc. n/a 11/21/2013
Anthem Blue Cross 10/23/2013, 10/24/2013 11/20/2013
Kathleen E. Whisman MD n/a 11/20/2013
Discover Financial Services n/a 11/18/2013
Lincoln Credit Center 10/20/2013 11/15/2013
USI Insurance Services LLC 10/02/2013 11/13/2013
Datapak Services Corporation 03/05/2013 11/08/2013
DaVita, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 09/06/2013 11/05/2013
Standard Insurance Company n/a 11/04/2013
Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. 05/06/2013, 06/30/2013 10/31/2013
Dun & Bradstreet 04/02/2013 10/28/2013
Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. 09/24/2013 10/25/2013
International SOS Assistance, Inc 08/24/2013 10/25/2013
The Fisherman's Restaurant 05/03/2013 10/23/2013
AHMC Healthcare, Inc and affiliated hospitals 10/12/2013 10/21/2013
Ouidad 06/30/2013 10/18/2013
Discover Financial Services n/a 10/17/2013
Monterey County Department of Social Services 03/17/2013 10/11/2013
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County 08/12/2013 10/11/2013
KEARNY MESA INFINITI n/a 10/10/2013
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 09/13/2013 10/04/2013
Adobe Systems Incorporated 09/11/2013, 09/12/2013, 09/13/2013, 09/14/2013, 09/15/2013, 09/16/2013, 09/17/2013 10/03/2013
UCSF Medical Center 09/09/2013 10/02/2013
R.T. Jones Capital Management Equities 07/22/2013 10/01/2013
Petrochem Insulation, Inc. 07/18/2013 10/01/2013
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center 09/14/2013, 09/15/2013 09/27/2013
California Department of Public Health 08/20/2013 09/26/2013
ICG America 01/02/2013 09/24/2013
Unique Vintage 09/18/2013 09/24/2013
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc and /or its Affiliates (“AXP”) n/a 09/23/2013
Windhaven Investment Management, Inc. n/a 09/23/2013
BEL USA LLC 03/01/2013, 07/15/2013 09/20/2013
PLS Financial Services, Inc. n/a 09/18/2013
Buckeye Check Cashing of California LLC n/a 09/17/2013
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. 05/16/2013 09/11/2013
FSV Payment Systems 07/22/2013, 07/28/2013 09/11/2013
Outdoor Network LLC 12/14/2012, 07/24/2013 09/09/2013
Edgewood Partners Insurance Center 07/17/2013 09/06/2013
Hankyu Chung, M.D. 06/16/2013 09/06/2013
Inter-Continental Hotels Corporation 07/04/2013 09/02/2013
Midwest Supplies, LLC 06/13/2013 08/27/2013
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc and /or its Affiliates (“AXP”) 01/17/2012 08/27/2013
Advocate Medical Group 07/15/2013 08/23/2013
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc and /or its Affiliates (“AXP”) 01/15/2013 08/23/2013
Shore Mortgage (a division of United Shore Financial Services, LLC) 06/02/2013 08/22/2013
San Francisco State University 03/25/2013 08/20/2013
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 07/26/2013 08/20/2013
Exelixis 07/30/2013 08/16/2013
Income and Capital Growth Strategies Inc. 07/12/2013, 07/13/2013, 07/14/2013 08/12/2013
Cogent Healthcare, Inc. 05/05/2013, 06/24/2013 08/08/2013