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MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Merchant One, Inc. ("Merchant One") today is providing information about a recent event that may impact the privacy of some personal data related to individuals associated with Merchant One.
What Happened? On or about February 24, 2020, Merchant One became aware of suspicious activity related to a third-party IT provider. Upon discovery, Merchant One immediately launched an investigation, which included working with third-party forensic specialists to determine the full nature and scope of this incident. The investigation determined that an unknown individual may have accessed specific files in Merchant One's system. Therefore, Merchant One began a comprehensive review of the files identified as potentially impacted to determine what information was contained therein and to whom it relates. Upon confirmation that personal information was present in the potentially accessed files, Merchant One began reviewing its files to determine address information for those individuals. On January 7, 2021, Merchant One obtained address information to allow it to provide notice of this event to impacted individuals. Merchant One is unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of personal information, but provided notification out of an abundance of caution.