[Dataloss] Dumpster Full Of Amateur Athletes' Records

[rchick]

http://www.wftv.com/news/16288839/detail.html
May 16, 2008

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- A tip from a Channel 9 viewer led to a
dumpster that was filled with boxes of personal information from a
national youth sports organization called the Amateur Athletic Union.
The boxes were dumped off South Orange Blossom Trail near SR-417.

The man who found the boxes said he was at Public Storage putting some
things in his unit when he noticed a dumpster overflowing with
paperwork. There was hardly any room left to put anything else in the
large trash container.

He took a closer look and found information on athletes and their
guardians, everything from social security numbers to copies of birth
certificates. The documents found indicate they're all old records
from a non-profit group based in Lake Buena Vista called the Amateur
Athletic Union, otherwise known as the AAU.

According to its website, the AAU claims to be one of the largest
non-profit volunteer organizations in the United States dedicated to
the promotion and development of amateur sports.

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