Notification to customers regulatory checklist

Overview

Breach notification triggers vary by state, sector, and contract. Counsel drives timing and content; you supply technical facts.

Fact package for legal

• Categories of data (name+SSN, payment, credentials, health, etc.).
• Residents by state/country estimated.
• What happened brief neutral technical summary (no speculation).
• Steps taken (containment, investigation ongoing).
• Mitigations offered (credit monitoring eligibility assessment by counsel).

Operational tasks

• CRM extract affected customer contacts with verifiable addresses—QA duplicates.
• Call center script + FAQ; web status page coordination.
• Translated notices if required.

MSP alignment

SLA for delivering exports to client legal within X hours—charge IR surcharge if needed.

Pitfalls

Marketing emailing apology before legal clearance—waiver risk.

Documentation

Manifest of who got which letter version when—for subsequent litigation.

Insurance

Carrier may require pre-approval of notification text—build time into clock.

Coda

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