[Dataloss] More than 4, 600 Floridians' personal data accidentally posted
Dissent
Dissent at pogowasright.org
Wed Oct 11 08:02:41 EDT 2006
Florida's Labor Department unwittingly posted the names and Social
Security numbers of more than 4,600 of its clients on the Internet
last month, only to discover the error when a Fort Walton Beach man
Googled his own name, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.
Since the information was not linked to any Web site, the Agency for
Workforce Innovation, as the department is known, reported that it
has no reason to believe anyone else accessed it.
But as a precaution it sent out letters last week to the 4,624
individuals, all of whom had enrolled for services with one of the 24
regional workforce boards across the state, spokesman Warren May said.
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2006/10/11/a1d_breach_1011.html
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