[privacy] The King of Personal Data Giveaways: The U.S. Government

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via eMail Battles.

[snip]

America's universities admit that, in the first half of 2006, they let
a million Social Security numbers slip through their fingers.

Accountants, banks and brokerages have proven themselves to be half as
competent at protecting your critical data, conceding to more than 1.9
million lost SSNs. And the health care industry fares even worse: 2.4
million.

But the King of Data Giveaways, with over 40 million Social Security
numbers stolen in just six months, is your government... local, state
and federal. The raw data from Privacy Rights Clearinghouse's latest
report bears me out.

[snip]

More here:
http://www.emailbattles.com/archive/battles/idtheft_aaejhcjbai_hi/

- ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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