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MD Bank Dumps Identities into Trash
From: kirniki <kirniki () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:18:29 -0400
http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/MD-Bank-Dumps-Identities-into-Trash/wV5sp_lKOk-8hcfRRf0joQ.cspx It's a local bank you trust with your money and your personal information. But the M&T branch in Rodgers Forge didn't shelter all of some peoples' secrets. As ABC2 News Investigator Joce Sterman discovered, some of the documents that contain them didn't get shredded, they got dumped. It's the little machine experts say you've got to have to keep your personal information safe. Banks are supposed to use the same technology to protect you. But we found one Baltimore County bank didn't send your stuff through the shredder, they simply tossed it. Sandi and Ray Watts are angry. We got our hands on their social security numbers, their bank account info and we even know their mother's maiden names. And we got it from their bank. The couple says they’re outraged with Ray telling us, "You get letters from them that they're protecting your identity and then they do this." What the bank did was dump the Watts’ documents and dozens of others without shredding them. We found them in a bright red dumpster in Rodgers Forge, outside the M&T that recently took over Bradford Bank. We sifted through the trash to find stacks of cancelled checks written just days ago. We also found page after page of papers that list not only who banks here but their account numbers and how much dough they have. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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