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dumpster diving in Smyrna GA
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:18:09 -0600
From the Atlanta Constitution http://www.ajc.com/news/tax-forms-other-papers-327067.html [...] The Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs is investigating the dumping of boxes of personal information -- W-2 forms, bankruptcy files and old checks -- into a bin at the Smyrna Recycling Center. The documents included W2 forms for 1998, 1999 and 2000, Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information, a Smyrna police report said. It was not immediately known how many such documents were in the bin, but Smyrna police investigator Joe Bennett said the papers were piled five or six feet deep in a 10-by-20-foot dumpster. Smyrna police went to the recycling center Wednesday when somebody reported finding several W-2 forms inside a dumpster. Morris Johnson, 42, of Acworth drove up later with a pickup full of documents, police said. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ 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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