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On the subject of COVID, I asserted that when a business requires "Contact Tracing", I give a FALSE Name, FALSE Address, and FALSE Phone Number. Afterall, who would be so ill-considered to broadcast to the world their PERSONAL INFORMATION.
And unnamed individuals replied something to the effect of: LYING IS A SIN; that they have NOTHING TO HIDE; and that WE SHOULD PROVIDE our PERSONAL INFORMATION.
So here we see the VERY REAL consequences when someone gives out their PERSONAL INFORMATION:
I DO NOT give out my personal information, even when ordering a Pizza, and neither should you.
Bobby Jo
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On the subject of COVID, I asserted that when a business requires "Contact Tracing", I give a FALSE Name, FALSE Address, and FALSE Phone Number. Afterall, who would be so ill-considered to broadcast to the world their PERSONAL INFORMATION.
And unnamed individuals replied something to the effect of: LYING IS A SIN; that they have NOTHING TO HIDE; and that WE SHOULD PROVIDE our PERSONAL INFORMATION.
So here we see the VERY REAL consequences when someone gives out their PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Just The Beginning: Tens of Thousands of Sensitive Private Information Compromised Via 'Contact Tracing' - Right Wing News Hour
Just The Beginning: Tens of Thousands of Sensitive Private Information Compromised Via ‘Contact Tracing’
byMark Megahan
May 14, 2021
Compromised sensitive data
One would think that a company paid nearly $29 million dollars for a single project would be able to use something a little more secure than Google’s G-Drive to store sensitive HIPPA controlled information. You would be wrong.
You would also be wrong to expect state officials to have a clue what the company they contracted with was up to with all that cash. The State of Pennsylvania hired a contractor to trace covid-19 exposures and they compromised “names, phone numbers, email addresses, genders, and COVID-19 diagnosis or exposure.” It’s all on Google and lawyers claim it’s searchable on the internet too.
Last week, Commonwealth officials admitted that “employees of a vendor paid to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing may have compromised the private information of at least 72,000 people.” Oops. Over at Pennsylvania’s Health Department they hit the ceiling to learn “workers at Atlanta-based Insight Global disregarded security protocols established in its state contract.”
They never bothered to check on compliance either. They ordered the third-party to “secure the records” now. Insight Global brought in some “third-party specialists to conduct a forensic examination” to find out how bad the damage is.
The Health Department apologizes that sensitive information “may have been made accessible to persons beyond authorized employees and public health officials.”
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Just The Beginning: Tens of Thousands of Sensitive Private Information Compromised Via ‘Contact Tracing’
byMark MegahanMay 14, 2021
Compromised sensitive data
One would think that a company paid nearly $29 million dollars for a single project would be able to use something a little more secure than Google’s G-Drive to store sensitive HIPPA controlled information. You would be wrong.
You would also be wrong to expect state officials to have a clue what the company they contracted with was up to with all that cash. The State of Pennsylvania hired a contractor to trace covid-19 exposures and they compromised “names, phone numbers, email addresses, genders, and COVID-19 diagnosis or exposure.” It’s all on Google and lawyers claim it’s searchable on the internet too.
Last week, Commonwealth officials admitted that “employees of a vendor paid to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing may have compromised the private information of at least 72,000 people.” Oops. Over at Pennsylvania’s Health Department they hit the ceiling to learn “workers at Atlanta-based Insight Global disregarded security protocols established in its state contract.”
They never bothered to check on compliance either. They ordered the third-party to “secure the records” now. Insight Global brought in some “third-party specialists to conduct a forensic examination” to find out how bad the damage is.
The Health Department apologizes that sensitive information “may have been made accessible to persons beyond authorized employees and public health officials.”
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I DO NOT give out my personal information, even when ordering a Pizza, and neither should you.
Bobby Jo
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