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314.4(j) — Notify the FTC of notification events affecting 500 or more consumers

critical breach-notification

Requirement

When the institution discovers a notification event — unauthorised acquisition of unencrypted customer information — involving the information of at least 500 consumers, it notifies the FTC through its online form as soon as possible and no later than 30 days after discovery, including the types of information involved, the date or range of the event, the number of consumers affected and a general description.

What the engine looks for

Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.

Required element 1 — any one of
ftcfederal trade commission
Required element 2 — any one of
notifynotificationnotifiedreport
Required element 3 — any one of
30 daysthirty days500 consumers500 or morenotification eventbreach
Supporting terms — specificity signals
314.4(j)unencryptedonline formlaw enforcement

Equivalent controls elsewhere

Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.

FrameworkControlTitleShared topics
GDPR Art.34 Communication of a breach to data subjects breach-notification
GDPR Art.33 Notification of a breach to the supervisory authority breach-notification
SOC 2 CC7.4 Incident response programme breach-notification
PCI DSS 4.0.1 12.10 Incident response plan for suspected compromise of account data breach-notification
HIPAA 164.308(a)(6)(ii) Response and reporting (R) breach-notification
HIPAA 164.404-410 Breach notification to individuals, HHS and the media breach-notification
NIST CSF 2.0 RS.CO-02 Internal and external stakeholders are notified breach-notification
NDPA 2023 s.40 Personal data breaches: notification and breach records breach-notification