BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER, LLP (“Bryan Cave”)
NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Bryan Cave, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.
On June 15, 2023, Bryan Cave publicly announced that it suffered a data breach impacting more than 51,000 individuals and informing them that their Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) was accessed by unauthorized individuals (“Data Breach”).
On June 15, 2023 Bryan Cave disclosed that “on February 27, 2023, it detected unauthorized access to its systems, including an area it used to store certain customer files” and that this “access occurred from February 23, 2023 until March 1, 2023.” After conducting an investigation of the incident, Bryan Cave found that the unauthorized party acquired certain sensitive personal data during the Data Breach. Bryan Cave stated that the types of PII accessed by the unauthorized individuals included “social security number[s], first and last name[s], address[es], date[s] of birth, marital status, gender[s], employee identification number[s], and Mondelēz retirement and/or thrift plan[s] information.”
Bryan Cave is a large international law firm based in Missouri. Bryan Cave offers a wide variety of legal services and employs more than 1200 mergers & acquisitions, real estate, financial services, litigation, and corporate attorneys across 31 offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
According to the Bryan Cave’s public announcement and the Office of the Maine Attorney General’s Website, approximately 51,110 individuals throughout California and the United States were exposed. If you received a Notice of Data Breach Letter from Bryan Cave, then you were impacted by the Data Breach.
Bryan Cave stated in its announcement that it plans to offer credit monitoring and identity protection services to victims of the Data Breach through Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit Plus 1B for two years.
WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?
According to Bryan Cave, the following information was exposed:
- Social Security Number
- First and Last Name
- Address
- Date of Birth
- Marital Status
- Gender
- Employee Identification Number
- Retirement and/or Thrift Plan Information
This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity.
The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).
NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Bryan Cave, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.