[Dataloss] Ohio recalls voter registration CDs; SSNs included

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http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,110983,00.html?source=x73

News Story by Todd R. Weiss

APRIL 28, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - The Social Security numbers of 
potentially millions of registered voters in Ohio were included on CD-ROMs 
distributed to some 20 political campaign operations in recent months as 
campaigns geared up for spring primary election races.

The problem was discovered Tuesday when one of the political campaigns 
contacted the Ohio secretary of state.s office to say that the personal 
data was on the discs, even though it wasn.t requested, said James Lee, a 
spokesman for Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell.

All of the political organizations that received the CDs were immediately 
contacted and have agreed to return the discs for replacements that won.t 
include the Social Security numbers, Lee said. The records of about 7.7 
million registered voters in Ohio are listed on the CDs, but Lee said he 
didn't know how many voter records included Social Security numbers. The 
records show what elections a voter participated in since 2002, along with 
their names and addresses.

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