Thursday, March 08, 2007

Census mistakenly posts personal data on Web site

The AP reports:
The Census Bureau inadvertently posted personal information from 302 households on a public Internet site multiple times over a five-month period, the bureau said Wednesday.

The information included names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and family income ranges, said Ruth Cymber, the agency's director of communications. No Social Security numbers were posted, and no evidence suggests the information was misused, Cymber said.
If we ever get nationalized health care,this types of stories will become common.You can't be for big government and for privacy.