Judge Says Its OK to Post Social Security Numbers Online

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://blogs.mcafee.com/consumer/judge-says-it%E2%80%99s-ok-to-post-social-security-numbers-online

Judge Says Its OK to Post Social Security Numbers Online
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 5:16pm by Robert Siciliano

B.J. Ostergren is a proud Virginian. She.s known as .The Virginia 
Watchdog,. but I like to call her .The Pit Bull of Personal Privacy.. She 
is relentless in her efforts to protect citizens. privacy, and her primary 
concern is the posting of personal information online. To make this point, 
she finds politicians. personal information, usually Social Security 
numbers, on their own states. websites, and republishes that information 
online.

Publicly appointed government employees known as Clerks of Courts, County 
Clerks, or Registrars are responsible for handling and managing public 
records, including birth, death, marriage, court, property, and business 
filings for municipalities. Every state, city, and town has its own set of 
regulations determining how data is collected and made available to the 
public.

The Privacy Act of 1974 is a federal law that establishes a code of fair 
information practices governing the collection, maintenance, use, and 
dissemination of personally identifiable information maintained in systems 
of records by federal agencies.

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