Hollister Family Dental & Implant Center files breach notice with California Attorney General

What the notice as filed contains

The Hollister Family Dental & Implant Center filing is a resource page from a sample notification letter. It states that the dental practice did not hold back its notification because of any police inquiry. The pages do not describe what happened, when it happened, or how the practice learned of it.

What Hollister Family Dental & Implant Center tells recipients to do

The practice's notice asks recipients to watch their financial accounts and credit files closely. It explains that federal law lets each person get one free yearly report from each of the three national credit bureaus.

The Hollister Family Dental & Implant Center notice describes a basic fraud alert as lasting one year. It adds that identity theft victims may qualify for a longer alert. As another option, the notice points recipients to a credit freeze and says placing or removing one costs nothing.

For anyone who finds their data misused, the practice's notice points to the Federal Trade Commission's complaint process. It also says known or suspected identity theft should go to police and the state Attorney General.

What the notice leaves open

The Hollister Family Dental & Implant Center filing on cisonews.net's record gives no count of affected people, in California or overall. It names no discovery date, no period of unauthorized activity, and no type of system or data involved. The notice as filed mentions no credit monitoring or identity protection service from the practice, and it sets no enrollment deadline. Any letter text describing the event itself is not part of the notice as filed.