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N. Texas Company Posted Private Information Online


From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:47:15 +0000 (UTC)


http://www.nbc5i.com/money/13207482/detail.html

A North Texas company posted online the private information of hundreds of 
job applicants, NBC 5 reported.

Couriers On Demand, run by Kyle Bowers, made available for public viewing 
names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and drivers 
license numbers on its Web site, NBC 5 reported.

Attorney Cami Boyd, who specializes in data privacy, said the company 
should have been encrypting its data behind a secure firewall. Without 
taking those precautions, she said, it is in violation of state law and 
federal law.

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