Chimienti & Associates Data Breach Investigation
The Data Breach Attorneys at The Lyon Firm are investigating an alleged data privacy incident at Chimienti & Associates in which thousands of individuals may have had their sensitive personal information compromised. Call for a free and confidential consultation. We work with the nation’s largest privacy firms and represent new clients in California.
What Happened at Chimienti?
On October 23, 2024, the company filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized party accessed an employee’s email account. In the company notice, Chimienti explained that the incident resulted in the unauthorized bad actor being able to access consumers’ sensitive information. Chimienti has now begun sending out data breach notification letters to all individuals whose information may be impacted.
If you receive a security breach notification from Chimienti & Associates, it is important to understand how you can protect yourself and how you can mitigate the risks moving forward. A class action data breach lawyer can help you weigh your legal options and discuss the implications of such a serious privacy breach.
According to sources, on March 22, 2024, Chimienti detected unusual activity within a company email server and started an investigation. The company says the impacted data may include names, Social Security numbers, state-issued identification information, dates of birth, health information, and financial account information.
Chimienti & Associates is a managing general agency operating out of Visalia, California. They offer voluntary and employer-paid benefit solutions and develop tools for benefit administration and management, underwriting carriers, consolidated billing, and customized product designs.
We believe very strongly at our firm that any company that collects and stores your personal data has a duty to protect it with a robust IT security system. Should a security protocol fail, and hackers steal your data, any negligent party may be held accountable for related damages. Call our lawyers to discuss filing a class action lawsuit.