[privacy] San Francisco: Indian Consulate Makes Big ID Theft Boo-Boo

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

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Via The San Francisco Chronicle.

[snip]

Thousands of visa applications and other sensitive documents, including
paperwork submitted by top executives and political figures, sat for more
than a month in the open yard of a San Francisco recycling center after
they were dumped there by the city's Indian Consulate.

The documents, which security experts say represented a potential treasure
trove for identity thieves or terrorists, finally were hauled away
Wednesday after The Chronicle inspected the site and questioned officials
at the consulate and the recycling facility.

Among the papers were visa applications submitted by Byron Pollitt, chief
financial officer of San Francisco's Gap Inc., and Anne Gust, wife of
California Attorney General Jerry Brown.

[snip]

More:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/02/LAZ.TMP

- - ferg


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