Still in Denial?
Just in case you're still in denial about the danger of online recordkeeping, here's a webpage you may want to explore containing the following headlines..
http://www.davickservices.com/Governments_Furiously_Removing.htm
Government Scrambles to Take Personal Documents Offline
Across the country, state and local officials are scrambling to remove documents from the Internet.
States rush to remove data on residents from websites
USA Today
States across the USA are furiously removing sensitive data from official websites.
The task highlights challenges facing states with sites full of personal information on residents, from Social Security numbers to bank account numbers.
Travis County Clerk Pulls County Records Offline
Texas
Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir has halted publishing the County's document images on the Internet, citing concerns about revealing individual citizens' personal data.
County Website Contains Personal Information
King County, Washington
According to Reagan Dunn, a councilman for the county.
"Clearly this is an avenue that people have been using to perpetrate identity theft," Dunn said. "It's not thousands of records; it's actually millions of records, millions of pages of records that we have online here in our index.
New Mexico County Removes Records from the Web
Dona Ana County, NM
According to a report from KOBTV-4, county officials removed the information from the Internet because they feared that identity thieves could exploit the records from anywhere they had online access. The documents are expected to remain offline, according to a county spokesperson.
County Blocks Access to Online Records Amid Privacy Scare
Suffolk County, New York
Judith Pascale, the acting county clerk for Suffolk County, New York recently released a statement announcing that her office has blocked access to its online land records following reports that its constituents' Social Security numbers were contained in various documents.
Judges taken off Allegheny County real estate Web site
Security concerns cited in wake of shootings
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Website Flap Impacts any public office handling records containing confidential data
Butler County, Ohio
The county’s domestic relations judges clashed with the Clerk of Courts Office over the posting of divorce documents on the clerk’s Web site. At issue were Social Security numbers and other sensitive information contained in court documents which are public records and were posted online. That drove the judges to remove all domestic relations information from the public’s view on the clerk’s Web site — over the protests of Clerk Cindy Carpenter
Property records available still, but not online
Law keeps public officials off of listings
San Bernadino County, California
Monday, August 08, 2005 - A state law passed several years ago has San Bernardino County officials blocking property information on the Internet . ..
Scanned documents pulled off Web site
OHIO
The Lorain County Recorder's Office removed scanned public documents from its Web site yesterday in response to a recent uproar over the possibility of identity theft.
County Recorder Removes Imaged Documents from Online Database
Loraine County, Ohio
On March 23, 2006, Judith Nedwick, the county recorder for Lorain County, Ohio pulled the images of public documents from the county office's Website in an effort to protect Lorain's residents from being exposed to identity theft. The records, which have been online since July 2005, allegedly contained Social Security numbers and many people had alerted Nedwick that this may have put them in danger for having their identities stolen.
County Blocks Access to Online Records Amid Privacy Scare
NEW YORK
According to a statement released by Judith Pascale, the acting county clerk for Suffolk County, New York, the county is highly concerned about invading the privacy of others and, thus, acted to safeguard those living in the county from online exposure.
Senator pushes for data inquiry
Florida
Warning that state employees are at risk of identity theft, a veteran legislator said Tuesday that the state must find out if secret personnel records were sent to India, Barbados and possibly China for computer scanning.
Judge orders removal of deeds from Web
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Until Lehrer signed his order, all deeds and mortgages recorded in the county since 1996 were available on the Internet
Reno Co. lax with SS numbers
Reno County, Kansas
The Social Security number belonging to the county's top law enforcement officer, Sheriff Randy Henderson, is available in public records. . .
Personnel data did go to India
Florida
Convergys says it was 'misled'; state wants the company to pay
Convergys and the Department of Management Services admitted Wednesday that personnel data for some state employees wound up in India.
Site makes identity theft possible, lawsuit says
Ohio
COLUMBUS | A Brown County man filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati on Thursday demanding that Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell immediately stop posting on his Web site documents containing Ohioans' Social Security numbers.
Ohioans' info online
Responding to a reader tip, the Enquirer checked certain records on Secretary of State Ken Blackwell's site. The Enquirer is withholding the exact type of data to protect people from identity theft. “It is a travesty that our elected officials don’t show more concern for the taxpayers they represent,’’ Engel said. “We as taxpayers need to be assured that our elected leaders aren’t posting our Social Security numbers. We need a guarantee backed by penalties.’
County to study I.D. theft prevention
North County, California
The county itself could be a target, since it collects and retains records that may include Social Security numbers or credit card numbers.
Online Counties Blow CIA Cover
The Chicago Tribune reported last week on how they easily identified and tracked over 2600 CIA employees using the services of an unnamed Internet data miner.
www.FindMyID.com
http://www.davickservices.com/Governments_Furiously_Removing.htm
Government Scrambles to Take Personal Documents Offline
Across the country, state and local officials are scrambling to remove documents from the Internet.
States rush to remove data on residents from websites
USA Today
States across the USA are furiously removing sensitive data from official websites.
The task highlights challenges facing states with sites full of personal information on residents, from Social Security numbers to bank account numbers.
Travis County Clerk Pulls County Records Offline
Texas
Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir has halted publishing the County's document images on the Internet, citing concerns about revealing individual citizens' personal data.
County Website Contains Personal Information
King County, Washington
According to Reagan Dunn, a councilman for the county.
"Clearly this is an avenue that people have been using to perpetrate identity theft," Dunn said. "It's not thousands of records; it's actually millions of records, millions of pages of records that we have online here in our index.
New Mexico County Removes Records from the Web
Dona Ana County, NM
According to a report from KOBTV-4, county officials removed the information from the Internet because they feared that identity thieves could exploit the records from anywhere they had online access. The documents are expected to remain offline, according to a county spokesperson.
County Blocks Access to Online Records Amid Privacy Scare
Suffolk County, New York
Judith Pascale, the acting county clerk for Suffolk County, New York recently released a statement announcing that her office has blocked access to its online land records following reports that its constituents' Social Security numbers were contained in various documents.
Judges taken off Allegheny County real estate Web site
Security concerns cited in wake of shootings
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Website Flap Impacts any public office handling records containing confidential data
Butler County, Ohio
The county’s domestic relations judges clashed with the Clerk of Courts Office over the posting of divorce documents on the clerk’s Web site. At issue were Social Security numbers and other sensitive information contained in court documents which are public records and were posted online. That drove the judges to remove all domestic relations information from the public’s view on the clerk’s Web site — over the protests of Clerk Cindy Carpenter
Property records available still, but not online
Law keeps public officials off of listings
San Bernadino County, California
Monday, August 08, 2005 - A state law passed several years ago has San Bernardino County officials blocking property information on the Internet . ..
Scanned documents pulled off Web site
OHIO
The Lorain County Recorder's Office removed scanned public documents from its Web site yesterday in response to a recent uproar over the possibility of identity theft.
County Recorder Removes Imaged Documents from Online Database
Loraine County, Ohio
On March 23, 2006, Judith Nedwick, the county recorder for Lorain County, Ohio pulled the images of public documents from the county office's Website in an effort to protect Lorain's residents from being exposed to identity theft. The records, which have been online since July 2005, allegedly contained Social Security numbers and many people had alerted Nedwick that this may have put them in danger for having their identities stolen.
County Blocks Access to Online Records Amid Privacy Scare
NEW YORK
According to a statement released by Judith Pascale, the acting county clerk for Suffolk County, New York, the county is highly concerned about invading the privacy of others and, thus, acted to safeguard those living in the county from online exposure.
Senator pushes for data inquiry
Florida
Warning that state employees are at risk of identity theft, a veteran legislator said Tuesday that the state must find out if secret personnel records were sent to India, Barbados and possibly China for computer scanning.
Judge orders removal of deeds from Web
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Until Lehrer signed his order, all deeds and mortgages recorded in the county since 1996 were available on the Internet
Reno Co. lax with SS numbers
Reno County, Kansas
The Social Security number belonging to the county's top law enforcement officer, Sheriff Randy Henderson, is available in public records. . .
Personnel data did go to India
Florida
Convergys says it was 'misled'; state wants the company to pay
Convergys and the Department of Management Services admitted Wednesday that personnel data for some state employees wound up in India.
Site makes identity theft possible, lawsuit says
Ohio
COLUMBUS | A Brown County man filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati on Thursday demanding that Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell immediately stop posting on his Web site documents containing Ohioans' Social Security numbers.
Ohioans' info online
Responding to a reader tip, the Enquirer checked certain records on Secretary of State Ken Blackwell's site. The Enquirer is withholding the exact type of data to protect people from identity theft. “It is a travesty that our elected officials don’t show more concern for the taxpayers they represent,’’ Engel said. “We as taxpayers need to be assured that our elected leaders aren’t posting our Social Security numbers. We need a guarantee backed by penalties.’
County to study I.D. theft prevention
North County, California
The county itself could be a target, since it collects and retains records that may include Social Security numbers or credit card numbers.
Online Counties Blow CIA Cover
The Chicago Tribune reported last week on how they easily identified and tracked over 2600 CIA employees using the services of an unnamed Internet data miner.
www.FindMyID.com
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