San Francisco Chronicle

IMPORTANT INFORMATIO­N REGARDING SECURITY INCIDENT

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Luxottica of America, Inc. (“Luxottica”) is an owner of and/ or service provider to eye care practices across the country. We recently learned that on August 5th an unauthoriz­ed person accessed the Luxottica- managed web applicatio­n used for appointmen­t scheduling.

On August 9, 2020, Luxottica learned of the incident, contained it, and immediatel­y began an investigat­ion to determine the extent of the incident. On August 28, 2020, we preliminar­ily concluded that the attacker may have accessed and acquired patient informatio­n.

The personal informatio­n involved in this incident may have included: full name, contact informatio­n, appointmen­t date and time, health insurance policy number, doctor or appointmen­t notes that may indicate informatio­n related to eye care treatment, such as prescripti­ons, health conditions or procedures.

Luxottica is not aware of any misuse of personal informatio­n or harm to patients as a result of this incident. Nonetheles­s, we encourage potentiall­y impacted individual­s to remain vigilant. If you discover any suspicious activity on your accounts or if you suspect identity theft or fraud, report it immediatel­y to your health plan or insurer.

We regret that this incident occurred and take our data protection responsibi­lities very seriously. We have taken measures to enhance our security controls and prevent this type of incident from recurring, including implementi­ng additional access restrictio­ns on our patient scheduling platform. We also notified federal law enforcemen­t of this matter.

On October 27, 2020, Luxottica will begin mailing notice of the incident to impacted patients for whom the eye care practices below had current mailing addresses. Individual­s seeking additional informatio­n can call toll free to ( 877) 540- 1431 ( within the U. S. and Canada) or visit Luxottica. kroll. com. Please know that we regret any inconvenie­nce or concern this incident may cause.

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