Penalty Amount
$5,100,000
Consumers Affected
3,000,000
Illuminate Education, Inc. suffered a data breach in 2021 due to security failures, exposing sensitive student data including medical conditions across millions of students. The company has agreed to pay $5.1 million in settlements to California, Connecticut, and New York and implement injunctive relief to strengthen data security practices.
Illuminate must pay $5.1 million, implement security improvements such as terminating former employee credentials, real-time monitoring for suspicious activity, securing backup databases, inform California DOJ of breaches involving student data, and provide reminders to school districts about data retention and deletion.
Entity
Illuminate Education, Inc.
Also known as: Illuminate Education
Industry
EducationOfficial Press Release
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-joins-states-securing-51-million-settlements-education
Complaint 8
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Complaint_8.pdf
Order FINAL JUD AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Order_FINAL_JUD__AND_PERMANENT_INJUNCTION.pdf
California Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/privacy-enforcement-actions
The FTC proposed a consent order against Illuminate Education, Inc. for failing to secure student data, leading to a breach affecting over 10 million students. The company allegedly had security failures and delayed breach notifications. The order requires a data security program, data deletion, and a retention schedule.
$5.1M
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, along with California and New York Attorneys General, settled with Illuminate Education, Inc. for failing to protect student data in a breach that exposed personal information of millions of students. The settlement, the first under Connecticut's Student Data Privacy Law, requires Illuminate to pay $5.1 million and implement enhanced cybersecurity measures.
$5.1M
Illuminate Education, Inc. experienced a data breach in 2022 that exposed personal information of millions of students due to inadequate security measures. A multistate investigation by New York, California, and Connecticut Attorneys General resulted in a $5.1 million settlement requiring Illuminate to enhance cybersecurity practices and pay penalties.
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