Many county governments across the U.S. are providing citizen's full or partial Social Security Numbers available online or in bulk to prviate companies, according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week. At a time when states are seeking additional laws to punish businesses that inadvertently leak their citizens' personal and financial data, the GAO's findings would appear to highlight an overlooked area of consumer protection, as states weigh trade-offs between open-records laws, privacy,...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.




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