Penalty Amount
$500,000
Consumers Affected
157,629
Guardian Analytics, Inc. and Actimize, Inc. settled with the Connecticut Attorney General over a data breach affecting 157,629 Connecticut residents. The breach, from November 2022 to January 2023, exposed personal information due to security failures. The settlement includes a $500,000 penalty and mandatory cybersecurity improvements.
Guardian and Actimize must pay $500,000 to the state, maintain a comprehensive information security program, encrypt all personal information, conduct annual risk assessments, implement multi-factor authentication, maintain an incident response plan, and obtain a third-party security assessment.
In-house legal teams should review vendor agreements where the entity provides data analytics or fraud prevention services to financial institutions, focusing on data security obligations, breach notification timelines, and compliance with state privacy laws. Specific clauses to examine include data security requirements, incident response procedures, audit rights, and indemnification for breaches. Given the security failures leading to exposure of sensitive financial data, contracts may need enhancements such as mandatory encryption, regular security assessments, immediate breach reporting, and clearer vendor oversight provisions.
Entity
Guardian Analytics, Inc. and Actimize, Inc.
Also known as: Guardian Analytics
Industry
Technology"Guardian Analytics, Inc. (“Guardian”) and its successor Actimize, Inc. (“Actimize”)"
"pay $500,000"
"Connecticut’s privacy and consumer protection laws"
"failing to implement reasonable data security"
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$400.0M
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