[privacy] Sensitive Info Available on King County Web Site

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

Via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

[snip]

King County Elections has posted the social security numbers for
potentially thousands of current and former county residents, County
Council member Reagan Dunn said Monday.

"Within forty-five minutes, my staff was able to retrieve online
documents with the social security numbers of numerous local elected
officials and other high-profile individuals," Dunn said. "If we had a
criminal agenda, these people would be victims of identity-theft by now."

Dunn said the problem was revealed when a constituent contacted his
office to say that by performing a records search on herself, she had
found her social security number on the election Web site.

[snip]

More:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/275386_records26ww.html

- ferg


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