Census Bureau admits privacy breach

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1155AP_Census_Data_Mix_up.html

The Census Bureau inadvertently posted personal information from 302 
households on a public Internet site multiple times over a five-month 
period, the bureau said Wednesday.

The information included names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and 
family income ranges, said Ruth Cymber, the agency's director of 
communications. No Social Security numbers were posted, and there is no 
evidence that the data was misused, Cymber said.

But, she added, posting the information violated bureau policies and 
federal law.

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