OR: State mistake puts personal data at risk

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091129/NEWS/911290352/1001/news

Sloppy handling of confidential records by a state agency in Salem left 
people's names, Social Security numbers, ages and addresses exposed in an 
open recycling bin outdoors.

The blunder by the Housing and Community Services agency put low-income, 
elderly and disabled residents at risk of becoming targets of identity 
theft or other abuses.

In a separate security lapse by another state agency, confidential records 
with the names and Social Security numbers of former state parks and 
recreation employees landed in the same recycling bin.

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