You Ought'a See The Other Guy!
Roy Cooper, Attorney General of our beloved North Carolina and generally a fine fellow, the same man who's been personally manning trade show booths all across NC to warn citizens about the dangers of identity theft, threw a sucker punch.
A few weeks ago, it was discovered that hundreds of Catawba County school kids' social security numbers were found online on what was understood to be a password-protected website. The school system was horrified and immediately pulled the information offline and began notifying parents.
But they didn't have to.
In 2005, Democrat Senator Dan Clodfelter of Charlotte, NC, sponsored a breach notification bill written by Roy Cooper's office. The sucker punch came in the form of NC government exempting itself from notifying residents whose identity may be compromised.
Oh they require it of banks, supermarkets, fine department stores everywhere and anyone else in business; just not of themselves.
Senator Clodfelter's response was cavalier. "We never get everything right when we first go at it. That's why we meet every year."
Well in the year since you all met, Mr. Clodfelter, over 88 million nationwide have
become victims of identity theft. Or to put it in more serious language, 88 million voters.
But you have to give it to the Senator for responding, since Roy Cooper's office was (and still is) silent on the subject.
And they have a lot of questions to answer. Why did you publish North Carolinians' private information online? And now faced the danger, why do you continue to do so? Are you aware of how many common documents in these offices contain social security numbers for thieves, physical addresses for stalkers, and complete household inventories inside separation agreements for burglars?
FindMyID.com is determined to inform every North Carolinian of the danger these government websites pose.
When that happens, Roy Cooper will be the one with the proverbial big black eye.
A few weeks ago, it was discovered that hundreds of Catawba County school kids' social security numbers were found online on what was understood to be a password-protected website. The school system was horrified and immediately pulled the information offline and began notifying parents.
But they didn't have to.
In 2005, Democrat Senator Dan Clodfelter of Charlotte, NC, sponsored a breach notification bill written by Roy Cooper's office. The sucker punch came in the form of NC government exempting itself from notifying residents whose identity may be compromised.
Oh they require it of banks, supermarkets, fine department stores everywhere and anyone else in business; just not of themselves.
Senator Clodfelter's response was cavalier. "We never get everything right when we first go at it. That's why we meet every year."
Well in the year since you all met, Mr. Clodfelter, over 88 million nationwide have
become victims of identity theft. Or to put it in more serious language, 88 million voters.
But you have to give it to the Senator for responding, since Roy Cooper's office was (and still is) silent on the subject.
And they have a lot of questions to answer. Why did you publish North Carolinians' private information online? And now faced the danger, why do you continue to do so? Are you aware of how many common documents in these offices contain social security numbers for thieves, physical addresses for stalkers, and complete household inventories inside separation agreements for burglars?
FindMyID.com is determined to inform every North Carolinian of the danger these government websites pose.
When that happens, Roy Cooper will be the one with the proverbial big black eye.
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