Primbs
03-23-2008, 10:30 PM
"Campaign staffers and the media scrambled to find a motive for the breach. Passport files often contain mundane details - such as date and place of birth, occupation, family status and physical characteristics. They do not show evidence of travel, such as entrance and exit stamps."
"But they can contain sensitive documents that are part of the process of granting or denying passport applications - such as copies of birth or baptismal certificates, medical, personal and financial reports or arrest warrants - as well as the person's Social Security number."
"Privacy experts said the breach of the candidates' Social Security number alone was a serious concern."
"It's a key problem because the Social Security number provides access to a credit report, to online phone records, to financial data," said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "It's essentially the passport to a person's private life."
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"But they can contain sensitive documents that are part of the process of granting or denying passport applications - such as copies of birth or baptismal certificates, medical, personal and financial reports or arrest warrants - as well as the person's Social Security number."
"Privacy experts said the breach of the candidates' Social Security number alone was a serious concern."
"It's a key problem because the Social Security number provides access to a credit report, to online phone records, to financial data," said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "It's essentially the passport to a person's private life."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/21/MN43VODTF.DTL