Brunswick Corporation Addresses Previously Reported Data Security Incident
December 21 2023 - 6:00PM
Brunswick Corporation (“Brunswick”) understands the importance of
protecting personal data and retaining the trust of its customers
and employees. Unfortunately, as noted in previous disclosures,
Brunswick was the victim of a data security incident in June 2023.
In response to this incident, Brunswick conducted a comprehensive
and thorough investigation and identified that a limited amount of
sensitive personal data in its custody or control was impacted by
this incident. However, Brunswick has no reason to believe that any
personal data has been misused or will be misused in the future.
What Happened? In June 2023, Brunswick
discovered that a third party had gained unauthorized access to
certain systems in its information technology (IT) environment.
Brunswick immediately deployed security measures to contain and
mitigate this threat and retained a leading incident response team
to accelerate its recovery efforts. Brunswick proactively notified
relevant law enforcement agencies and data protection authorities
about this incident. Because of the substantial security controls
implemented prior to this incident, Brunswick was able to quickly
contain the threat and return to a normal state of business
operations. In addition, Brunswick hired a data consultant to
undertake a comprehensive review of the files and records impacted
by this incident to identify whether any of them contained personal
data. The consultants recently finished this review and thereafter
Brunswick began notifying relevant individuals who could have been
affected by this incident.
What Personal Data Was Impacted? As part
of its thorough internal investigation, Brunswick discovered that
an unauthorized third-party obtained access to a limited number of
e-mail boxes and unstructured files that contained certain
sensitive personal data.
What You Can Do. Based on the measures
that Brunswick implemented, there is no indication that any
sensitive personal data involved in this incident has been misused
or will be misused in the future. However, out of an abundance of
caution, Brunswick is providing certain individuals potentially
affected by this incident with complimentary credit monitoring and
identity theft protection services, where appropriate.
Current Employees: If you are a current
Brunswick employee whose personal data was affected by the
incident, you will receive a separate notice in the mail from
Brunswick that provides instructions on how you can enroll in these
services.
Customers/Suppliers/Former Employees: If you are
a customer, supplier, or former employee of Brunswick, please
inquire (via the phone number in the “For More Information”
paragraph below) as to whether your sensitive personal data was
subject to this incident and whether you are eligible to enroll in
complimentary credit monitoring services.
For More Information. Brunswick has
established a dedicated call center to answer questions you may
have about this incident, which you can reach at 888-722-0568,
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm (EST). More information is
available at: https://www.brunswick.com/securityincident. You can
also request to know which personal data Brunswick retains about
you by submitting a Subject Access Request at
https://www.brunswick.com/dsar.
Data Protection Officer – European Economic
Area: Brunswick’s Data Protection Officer’s contact information
is as follows: Felix Wittern –
FieldFischerdpo.brunswick@fieldfisher.com
Source: Brunswick Corporation, 26125 N.
Riverwoods Blvd., Suite 500, Mettawa, Illinois 60045
Lee
Gordon —
Vice President – Corporate Communications, Public Relations & Public Affairs
M: (904) 860-8848 | O: (847) 735-4003
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