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Re: Wis. mailing sent with personal info
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:46:57 -0600
interesting followup: From ComputerWorld http://tinyurl.com/2j6v9x "Appalled" officials at the Wisconsin State Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) are asking Electronic Data Systems Corp. to explain why it allowed Social Security numbers to be printed on the address labels of information brochures recently sent to more than 260,000 recipients of state health care services. The state agency is also asking Plano, Texas-based EDS to cover the cost of mailing letters to all of the affected individuals informing them of the error as well as the costs of providing credit-monitoring services for a year. [...]
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8U201M02.htm Social Security numbers were printed on about 260,000 informational brochures sent by a vendor hired by the state to recipients of SeniorCare and other state programs. The gaffe is the second time in 13 months that mailings including the recipients' Social Security numbers were sent from state departments. In December 2006, the state Department of Revenue mailed 171,000 tax booklets with the number printed on the label. The latest mailing was first reported on Tuesday by WKOW-TV. The state Department of Health and Family Services issued a statement saying the mistake was the fault of EDS, a private vendor for state Medicaid services. Karen Timberlake, deputy secretary of the state department, said the mailing went to about 260,000 Medicaid, SeniorCare, and BadgerCare members. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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- Re: Wis. mailing sent with personal info Henry Brown (Jan 10)
- Re: Wis. mailing sent with personal info Adam Shostack (Jan 10)
- Re: Wis. mailing sent with personal info Chris Walsh (Jan 10)
- Re: Wis. mailing sent with personal info Tracy Blackmore (Jan 11)
- Re: Wis. mailing sent with personal info James Childers (Jan 11)
- Re: Wis. mailing sent with personal info Adam Shostack (Jan 10)
- Re: Wis. mailing sent with personal info Henry Brown (Jan 10)
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