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Oops – some Burlington residents’ SSN exposed on the city’s website

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Dissent

The City of Burlington in Vermont is notifying some of its residents that their names and Social Security numbers had not been redacted from their tax abatement requests that were submitted to the city’s board and uploaded to the city’s website as part of a clickable agenda for the meeting.

The information was uploaded on Jan. 9 and the problem was discovered on January 13.

Notification letter (pdf).


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