Professional Publications, Inc. (PPI)

Professional Publications, Inc. (PPI) notified California AG on Nov 6, 2018 of a data breach, which occurred on Sep 11, 2017. Data exposed: Financial / bank account, Email address, Phone number, Postal address, Name.

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

Organization: Professional Publications, Inc. (PPI)
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Nov 6, 2018
Date(s) of breach: Sunday, June 11, 2017Monday, September 11, 2017
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Financial / bank account Email address Phone number Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Sep 19, 2018, as stated in the letter
"On September 19, 2018, our investigation determined that a hacker had implemented malicious code that allowed the hacker to obtain access in June 2017 to personal information that was submitted in connection with certain transactions mad..."
Days to notice: 48 days from discovery (Sep 19, 2018) to the California record (Nov 6, 2018). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
Offered in the letter: 24 months of 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 16:14 UTC

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