Re: dumpster diving in Smyrna GA

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

Follow up

http://www.ajc.com/news/temp-agency-dumped-documents-334863.html
[...]

A temporary employment agency in Conyers apparently dumped some of the 
sensitive documents at a Smyrna Recycling Center that sparked a state 
investigation.

In a statement issued Friday, Terry White of Pro Temps said he thought 
the fenced-in recycling center was secure when he dropped off two or 
three boxes containing employee records from 1998-2001.

I was under the [mistaken] impression that the bin would be taken away 
and its contents shredded, the statement said.

On Wednesday, the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs began a civil 
investigation after W-2 forms, old bankruptcy papers and documents with 
Social Security numbers were found in the bin. Bill Cloud of the GOCA 
said a notice was sent Friday to Pro Temps informing the company it’s 
being investigated.

White apologized and said Pro Temps will either shred its documents or 
hire a company to do the shredding.

[...]




-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Dataloss-discuss] dumpster diving in Smyrna GA
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
To: dataloss-discuss datalossdb.org <dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org>
Date: 2/25/2010 7:18 AM
>    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.
>    


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