GFS, Inc.

GFS, Inc. notified California AG on Nov 13, 2019 of a data breach, which occurred on Aug 22, 2019. Data exposed: Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Date of birth, Postal address, Name.

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

Organization: GFS, Inc.
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Nov 13, 2019
Date(s) of breach: Tuesday, August 13, 2019Thursday, August 22, 2019
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Financial / bank account Date of birth Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Days to notice: 83 days from the end of the breach window (Aug 22, 2019, no discovery date in the letter) to the California record (Nov 13, 2019). 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
Third party: The letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:11 UTC

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