Data Breach Notifications

Entity Information

  • Type of Organization: Other Commercial
  • Entity Name: Best Practice Associates DBA Federal Advisory Partners
  • Street Address: 3100 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 1400
  • City: Arlington
  • State, or Country if outside the US: VA
  • Zip Code: 22201

Submitted By

  • Name: Tim Borchert
  • Title: CEO
  • Firm name (if different than entity):
  • Telephone Number: 703-328-3953
  • Email Address: tborchert@federaladvisory.com
  • Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Employee

Breach Information

  • Total number of persons affected (including residents): 161
  • Total number of Maine residents affected: 5
  • If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified: No
  • Date(s) Breach Occured: 02/20/2022
  • Date Breach Discovered: 07/31/2022
  • Description of the Breach:
    • External system breach (hacking)
  • Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with: Financial Account Number or Credit/Debit Card Number (in combination with security code, access code, password or PIN for the account)

Notification and Protection Services

  • Type of Notification: Written
  • Date(s) of consumer notification: September 20, 2022
  • Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Best Practice Associates, LLC, DBA Federal Advisory Partners - Notice of Data Event - ME - Exhibit 1.pdf
  • Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications:
  • Were identity theft protection services offered: Yes
  • If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: 12 Months, Experian IdentityWorks, Credit monitoring, credit reports, Identity theft