Sarah Forgany reports:
Imagine your most private information falling into the wrong hands. That’s what some people dealt with after nearly 75 legal files were found in a dumpster off Interstate 10 near Boerne.
It only took a few minutes to realize the paperwork was no trash. Rather, it included information like peoples’ lives, names, addresses, bank accounts, social security numbers, driver license numbers, and birth dates.
The people these files belong to have no clue their information was sitting in a trash bin Monday evening.
But Attorney David Naworski told us he knew about them. We asked him if the folders came from his office, and if he threw them away. Naworski replied yes to both questions.
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In 2005, the Texas Legislature passed the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act. It requires businesses to erase or shred sensitive information that belongs to customers.
Naworski told us he’s not familiar with that law and says “I don’t shred anything.”
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