[Dataloss] CA: Apology sent over CalPERS privacy error

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http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/338031.html

State pension fund officials apologized Tuesday to hundreds of thousands 
of retirees whose Social Security numbers were printed on brochures mailed 
out last week and vowed to take immediate steps to ensure that such an 
error does not happen again.

Roughly 445,000 retirees across the state received the brochures 
announcing an upcoming election to fill a rare vacancy on the board of the 
California Public Employees' Retirement System. All or a portion of each 
person's Social Security number appeared -- without hyphens -- on the 
address panel.

"While it is unlikely that someone would recognize the series of numbers 
as being a Social Security number except you, we consider this a serious 
incident," read a letter to state retirees explaining the breach.

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