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California Court Posts SSNs, Medical Records

Posted by kdawson on from the just-following-the-rules dept.

Lucas123 writes "California's Riverside County Superior Court's Web site is serving up document images containing SSNs and detailed medical records relating to civil cases, according to a couple of privacy advocates. All of the documents are free to anyone who knows where to look for them. 'Searches done on the court's Web site turned up various documents related to civil cases that contained sensitive information. Included were complete tax filings, medical reports pertaining to cases handled by the court, and images of checks complete with signatures as well as account and bank-routing numbers.'"

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  1. Amateurs ... by golodh · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm ashamed of California's state government ... this "disclosure", while well-intentioned, is second-rate and amateurish beyond belief.

    Just to see how it's done, have a look at the way the Italian Government handled things (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7376608.stm).

    See? Now *that's* what I call disclosure. Those piddly efforts in California don't even come close.

  2. Re:Enter legislation by frosty_tsm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Official Identity Theft Aftermath Cleanup Technician.

    Better would be a demotion to "Public Toilet Cleanup Technician"... "Official Public Toilet Aftermath Cleanup Technician"?