NY: Socials, med records left on street

[kirniki <kirniki () gmail com>]

http://www.nypost.com/p/socials_med_records_dumped_on_street_4cfCsTNp7AVQZD0iFcIUbJ

Hundreds of students’ confidential records — including psychiatric
exams and Social Security numbers — were dumped on the sidewalk in
front of their former Manhattan high school yesterday.

Infuriated parents and kids from the School for the Physical City
rushed to the East 25th Street site after learning of the horrific
privacy bungle, saying they were terrified about the compromised
personal information.

[..]

About 15 brown cardboard boxes and clear plastic bins crammed with the
students’ records were piled high on the sidewalk in front of the
former site of the school, along with a locker and several computers.

The records included psychological exams, copies of birth certificates
and Social Security cards, and medical records, including many for
children with learning disabilities. The records date back to at least
1990.

A nearby Dumpster was also overflowing with records.
[..]
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