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Friday, April 14, 2006
 
 

FLA. resident SSNs, DLs and bank info available on county web sites

 
 

Jaikumar Vijayan over at ComputerWorld writes about how Florida resident's Social Security numbers, bank info is available via county Web sites:

"The Social Security numbers, driver's license information and bank account details belonging to potentially millions of current and former residents of Florida are available to anyone on the Internet because sensitive information has not been redacted from public records being posted on county Web sites."

One of my favorite quotes is:

“Aside from making the redaction- request process as user-friendly and speedy as possible, I do not have the independent authority to take any additional action regarding removing material from the public records,”

They can't take down you private information unless requested. What's wrong with this world? Heh.

Read the full article here.

 
   
   
   
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