It's unsettling -- scary, in fact. Hundreds of social security numbers and other personal information, sitting in a dumpster for anyone to find.
That's the discovery at a Clayton County dumpster that has the state consumer affairs office investigating. How could it happen?
The dumpster is under lock and key, but the files are long-gone. Officials were able to trace the files to a local staffing company, which now said it plans to warn hundreds of people their identities could be stolen.
The head of the Morrow office of a staffing company and several employees recovered hundreds of files from a dumpster Monday afternoon.
The files were full of employment applications containing sensitive personal information, including copies of social security cards and drivers licenses. Nothing was shredded.
"This is not how we operate, there was obviously a fluke somewhere," said Kimberley Singley of Invision HR/Acrux Staffing through tears. "And I truly and am sincerely sorry. It was not intentional, I can promise you."
Source - 11Alive
