Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Chimienti & Associates, regarding its recent data breach. The Chimienti & Associates data breach may have involved sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information belonging to an undetermined number of individuals.
ABOUT CHIMIENTI & ASSOCIATES:
Chimienti & Associates is a managing general agency based in California. For over 20 years, Chimienti & Associates has offered voluntary and employer-paid benefit solutions and has developed tools for benefit administration and management.3 Today, Chimienti & Associates’ essential attributes include underwriting with a large variety of carriers, consolidated billing, and custom product designs to help both employers and employees manage the cost of benefits.3 Chimienti & Associates is headquartered in Visalia, California.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Recently, Chimienti & Associates announced that it had experienced a data breach in which the sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information in its systems may have been accessed and acquired. According to the breach notice, on March 22, 2024, Chimienti & Associates became aware of suspicious activity occurring within a single internal email account.1 As a result, Chimienti & Associates launched an investigation to determine the nature of the incident.
Through its investigation, Chimienti & Associates confirmed that sensitive personal information in its systems may have been viewed and obtained by an unauthorized third-party from the email account between March 22 and March 26, 2024. As a result, Chimienti & Associates began a review of the data to determine what information had been impacted as well as identify the specific individuals affected. While the information impacted varies depending on the individual, the type of information potentially exposed includes:
- Name
- Social Security number
- Date of birth
- State-issued identification information (e.g., driver’s license number and non-driver identification number)
- Financial account information
- Health information
As a result of the data breach, Chimienti & Associates posted notice of the incident on its website. Additionally, Chimienti & Associates recently began mailing data breach notification letters to impacted individuals. Based on the website breach notice, Chimienti & Associates is providing affected individuals with a list of the specific types of sensitive information impacted. A link to the form breach notification that Chimienti & Associates posted to its website is below.
If you received a breach notification letter from Chimienti & Associates:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
