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Documents with Social Security numbers have been available since 2005 on a Web site that contains land records filed in Iowa counties, although access has now been restricted
County and state Web sites may harbor Social Security numbers and other personal data in broadly accessible public records. Here's what you should know
...Social Security number
Breach Description
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue announced that as many as 5,000 mailings were sent to residents in which Social Security numbers were exposed through the envelope window. The error is being blamed on a "misfold" on Form 1099-G
Reference URL
Wisconsin Department of Revenue News Release
The...
...Social Security Administration
Victims
United States citizens
Number Affected
more than 20,000
Types of Data
Name, date of birth and Social Security number
Breach Description
The Social Security Administration inadvertently compromised the personal information of more than 20,000 people by listing them in the Death Master File (DMF) while...
...Social Security numbers
Breach Description
The Social Security numbers of thousands of Oklahoma County residents are available on County Clerk Carolynn Caudill's website to anyone who wants to look, apparently in violation of federal law
Reference URL
Tulsa Today
Report Credit
Mike McCarville, Tulsa Today
Response
From the online source...
...Social Security numbers
Breach Description
Informational brochures sent by the Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services to recipients of SeniorCare and other state programs were inadvertently printed with Social Security numbers on them. It is unknown how many recipients are affected
Reference URL
620 WTMJ News Story
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Members of a panel at the O'Reilly Graphing Social Patterns conference today said that both social networking firms and users must take part in the effort to allow personal data to be easily transferred from one site to another
Large corporations seem to be tripping over themselves in their rush to tap into the social networking phenomenon by deploying their own versions of online user communities. But by trying to shoehorn this generation's Woodstock into a corporate wingtip, they may be assuming risks that even the best social networks haven't fully addressed
Holli knew something was wrong when she pulled up the statement from her new 401(k) account and saw a stranger's name there. Her worst fears would soon be confirmed. Paulino Rodriguez used Holli's Social Security number for the right to work at the Escondido Burger King. Police allege he had falsified Social Security card and work visa