[Dataloss] Offshoring cited in Florida data leak (fwd)

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News Story by Robert McMillan

MARCH 26, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Florida state employees are being 
warned that their personal information may have been compromised after 
work on the state's People First payroll and human resources system was 
improperly subcontracted to a company in India.

Employees who worked for the state during the 18-month period between Jan. 
1, 2003, and June 30, 2004, may be affected, according to an e-mail 
message sent to all state employees on March 16. The state's Department of 
Management Services (DMS), which oversees the People First system, 
estimates that 108,000 current and former state employees may be affected 
by the data breach, although that estimate could change as the 
department's investigation into the matter continues.

The e-mail was sent after a subcontractor of outsourcing service provider 
Convergys Corp. improperly allowed subcontractors in India to index state 
personnel files, said DMS spokeswoman Tiffany Koenigkramer. Transferring 
information offshore is in violation of Convergys' nine-year, $350 million 
contract to manage the state's personnel work.

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