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Ca: Tax documents dumped in back lane

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Dissent

CBC News reports on a breach in Winnipeg:

Garbage bags filled with confidential financial information were found blowing around in a North End back lane Tuesday, and people living in the area say they’re furious about it.

The bags contained tax return documents that include people’s names, social insurance numbers and in many cases, addresses and other sensitive financial information.

Many of the documents appear to have been written in 2006.

Read more on CBC.ca. In the news story, the news agency does not name the local accounting firm whose offices are near where the papers were found, but their name is revealed in the accompanying video.

Thanks to the reader who sent in this link.

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