[privacy] City of Chicago Loses Voter Data

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:39:12 GMT, Fergie said:

> About 100 computer discs with 1.3 million Chicago voters' Social Security
> numbers have been distributed to aldermen and ward committeemen,

> The discs also contain voters' birth dates and addresses -- information
> that along with Social Security numbers can be used to commit identity
> theft.

But we all *know* that the Chicago ward comitteecritters are fine upstanding
law-abiding citizens and wouldn't do *anything* like that, right?

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