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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company notified California AG on Nov 16, 2012 of a data breach, which occurred on Oct 3, 2012. Data exposed: Social Security number, Driver's license / state ID, Financial / bank account, Medical / health information, Date of birth, Usernames / passwords, Email address, Phone number, Postal address, Name.

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

Organization
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Source
California AG · source record
Date reported
Nov 16, 2012
Date(s) of breach
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Residents affected
Not published by this source
Data exposed
Social Security number Driver's license / state ID Financial / bank account Medical / health information Date of birth Usernames / passwords Email address Phone number Postal address Name
Notice letter
Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered
Oct 3, 2012, as stated in the letter
"The Incident On October 3, 2012, a portion of our computer network that is used by Nationwide Insurance agents and Allied Insurance agents was criminally intruded upon by an unidentified criminal perpetrator."
Days to notice
44 days from discovery (Oct 3, 2012) to the California record (Nov 16, 2012). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
Offered in the letter
credit or identity monitoring through Experian
First seen by BreachTally
2026-10-30 16:25 UTC

Dates and counts as filed by the organization with the agency. The breach window and the report date often differ by months.

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