Florida and Ohio Residents! Your "Privacy" Does Not Exist and You Have No Right to Privacy at All!
Update: Fla. residents' data exposure a statewide issue Social Security numbers, bank info is available via county Web sites
APRIL 11, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - 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 the county Web sites.
Although questions about the availability of personal data online initially focused on Broward County, an official there stressed today that all counties in Florida are subject to the same state law. A spot check of other county Web sites confirmed that sensitive data is easily available through public property records.
In fact, according to Sue Baldwin, director of the Broward County Records Division, counties across the nation face the same issue.
"Land records are public all over the country, this is not a new situation," said Baldwin, adding that the same issue affects "all the counties in Florida ... [and] lots of states."
In fact, the Ohio Secretary of State is being sued for posting residents’ Social Security numbers for years on state Web sites where publicly searchable records are stored (see "Ohio secretary of state sued over ID info posted online").
"All this information has been out there and available since the beginning of time," she said. "It was out there and the people who were educated about it knew it was there. It's been online since 1999."
READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE
Think you're safe because you don't live in Ohio or Florida? Think again! There's a whole lot of information, PRIVATE information, about YOU that's available online to ANYONE and it is available in almost EVERY State.
APRIL 11, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - 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 the county Web sites.
Although questions about the availability of personal data online initially focused on Broward County, an official there stressed today that all counties in Florida are subject to the same state law. A spot check of other county Web sites confirmed that sensitive data is easily available through public property records.
In fact, according to Sue Baldwin, director of the Broward County Records Division, counties across the nation face the same issue.
"Land records are public all over the country, this is not a new situation," said Baldwin, adding that the same issue affects "all the counties in Florida ... [and] lots of states."
In fact, the Ohio Secretary of State is being sued for posting residents’ Social Security numbers for years on state Web sites where publicly searchable records are stored (see "Ohio secretary of state sued over ID info posted online").
"All this information has been out there and available since the beginning of time," she said. "It was out there and the people who were educated about it knew it was there. It's been online since 1999."
READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE
Think you're safe because you don't live in Ohio or Florida? Think again! There's a whole lot of information, PRIVATE information, about YOU that's available online to ANYONE and it is available in almost EVERY State.
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