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Identity Theft on Long Island, NY
Posted on Feb 18, 2006 by Tom Fragala
The Long Island Press reports that the people had their sensitive person data posted on a government web site. When a corporation leaks sensitive data, the result can be action by the Federal Trade Commission or state authorities. What happens when a government agency is the source of a data breach?
It was recently discovered that residents’ personal information, such as social security numbers, were inadvertently viewable on the County Clerk's web site, according to a statement from the Suffolk County Legislature.
that measures are being approached in an effort to prevent identity theft on LI.
On Feb. 16, Suffolk County Majority Leader Jon Cooper (D-Huntington), Legislator Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches), Acting Suffolk County Clerk Judith Pescale and Nassau County Clerk Maureen O'Connell held a press conference to propose new measures to combat identity theft.
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Filed under: Identity Theft
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