[privacy] Massachusetts State Website Contains Data for ID Thieves

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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"This is standard practice in the business world"?

One has to wonder if the Mr. Galvin has been smoking crack...

Via The TimesDaily.com (props, Pogo Was Right).

[snip]

An array of personal information that can be used by identity thieves is
freely available on the Web site of Secretary of State William Galvin, who
recently criticized Gov. Deval Patrick for failing to protect information
about voters on his campaign's site.

Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, home addresses and phone
numbers can be viewed with a few clicks, and Galvin said Wednesday he
doesn't plan to immediately remove the information because he's launching a
software program to start the process within weeks.

"It's totally unacceptable that they are contemplating leaving it up," said
Betty Ostergren, a Virginia-based privacy advocate. "Once they realize it's
a veritable treasure trove, identity thieves will flock to it. They need to
shut the links down."

Galvin refused to do so.

"This is standard practice in the business world," he said. "It's necessary
for commerce. There are people who are reliant upon this system."

[snip]

More:
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070404/APF/704043724

- - ferg

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