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Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC (“Lockton”) was the subject of a data breach notification filed with the CA Attorney General. The AG filing was recorded on March 20, 2025. The breach or discovery date reported in the filing is November 20, 2024.
From the AG filing description
Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC operates as part of the broader Lockton organization, functioning as a premier, high-capacity insurance brokerage and risk management firm. In this specialized capacity, Lockton acts as a crucial intermediary between corporate clients, individuals, and major insurance carriers, designing and administering complex commercial insurance policies, employee benefits programs, and private client risk solutions. Because of the sophisticated nature of their services, Lockton routinely collects, processes, and stores vast quantities of highly sensitive, confidential data. This includes exhaustive corporate financial records, detailed employee census files, intricate payroll and compensation structures, and deeply personal individual identifiers necessary for underwriting, claims processing, and policy administration. In 2025, Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC reported a significant data security incident to the California Attorney General. While the precise mechanics of the breach continue to be scrutinized, security incidents affecting premier insurance and brokerage firms typically involve sophisticated external cyberattacks, unauthorized intrusions into cloud-hosted databases, or vulnerabilities within third-party vendor ecosystems. Given the high-value nature of the financial and personal intelligence entrusted to insurance brokerages, malicious actors frequently target these networks to exfiltrate bulk data packages, deploy ransomware, or compromise internal employee credentials, weaponizing the digital infrastructure designed to protect enterprise assets. The data compromised in the breach encompasses a dangerous repository of personal and financial information, the exposure of which creates immediate and enduring risks for affected individuals. Compromised records likely include full legal names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, banking and direct deposit details, policy numbers, and comprehensive compensation or underwriting data. The theft of this combination of primary identifiers and financial data creates a severe, multi-faceted threat landscape. Cybercriminals can readily exploit Social Security numbers and dates of birth to perpetrate identity theft, open fraudulent lines of credit, file unauthorized tax returns, or execute targeted phishing campaigns. Simultaneously, exposed banking and insurance details leave victims vulnerable to account takeover and financial fraud, requiring victims to endure years of credit monitoring and financial disruption. Under state and federal data protection frameworks, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and general common law duties, organizations like Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC are legally obligated to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the personal information they hold. This duty requires robust encryption protocols, continuous network monitoring, stringent access controls, and comprehensive vendor risk management. The occurrence of a data breach of this scale strongly indicates a failure to satisfy these foundational legal obligations, suggesting vulnerabilities in network defenses or inadequate administrative safeguards that allowed unauthorized access to sensitive archives. Receiving a data breach notification letter from Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC serves as a formal legal acknowledgment that your private data was compromised due to corporate negligence, instantly providing you with the legal standing necessary to participate in a class action lawsuit. Affected individuals do not need to prove that they have already suffered actual financial loss or identity theft to pursue legal recourse; the mere exposure of your confidential data constitutes a distinct legal injury. Our firm handles these complex class action matters on a strict contingency fee basis, meaning you pay nothing out of pocket and owe no legal fees unless we successfully recover compensation on your behalf.
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you may have a legal claim against Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC (“Lockton”) if any of the following apply:
Based on the data types reported in this filing:
Your SSN is the master key to your identity. Once exposed, criminals can open new lines of credit, take out loans, or file taxes in your name.
Combined with a name and other leaked data, date of birth helps criminals pass identity verification questions at banks and government agencies.
Common categories of compensation in data breach class actions
Courts recognize that the time spent monitoring accounts, placing credit freezes, and dealing with the aftermath of a breach has real economic value. This category of damages is recoverable even without direct financial loss.
Professional credit monitoring services cost $10–$40 per month. Identity theft restoration services, if needed, can cost hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars. Courts have awarded these costs as direct damages in SSN breach cases.
Direct financial losses resulting from the breach — unauthorized charges, fraudulent transfers, or fees incurred through fraud — are recoverable as compensatory damages. Banks may reverse some charges; a class action recovers the remainder and associated costs.
Data breach victims regularly report anxiety, loss of sleep, and ongoing fear of identity theft. These non-economic harms are cognizable injuries in data breach litigation, particularly in cases involving SSN or medical record exposure.
Note: an attorney general breach filing does not by itself establish a settlement fund, a payment amount, or a claim deadline. If an official settlement notice is later issued, rely on that notice for payment details and deadlines.
No. Under California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and federal law, the unauthorized exposure of your personal data — regardless of whether it has been actively misused — can be sufficient grounds for a claim. The breach itself is the injury.
Nothing. The Law Office of David S. Harris handles data breach cases on contingency — you pay zero upfront and owe nothing unless compensation is recovered.
Immediately place a free credit freeze at all three bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion). A freeze blocks new accounts from being opened in your name. Then file a complaint with the FTC at IdentityTheft.gov and contact our office — SSN exposure is one of the most serious breach types.
Banks may reverse fraudulent charges, but they are not obligated to compensate you for time lost, stress, or indirect damages. A class action claim against the breached company can recover those additional categories of harm.
Statutes of limitations for data breach claims vary by state but typically run 2–4 years. Depending on when you learned of the breach, you may still have time. Contact our office for a free eligibility review — there is no cost to find out.
Accepting free credit monitoring from Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC (“Lockton”) does not waive your right to pursue legal action unless you signed a specific release waiving claims. In most cases, victims who accepted monitoring can still file.
Not necessarily. Many data breach victims are never notified directly. If your personal information was held by Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC (“Lockton”) during the relevant period, you may still qualify even without receiving a letter. A free eligibility review can confirm your status.
Applicable State Law
This breach was reported under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which mandates notification and establishes your right to seek damages.
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