Posted on 01/19/2017 7:54:13 AM PST by bkopto
The state of California “accidentally” released the private information of nearly 3,500 firearms instructors in October 2016.
The information was released as part of the response to a Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) reporter’s Freedom of Information Act request. The reporter was seeking information on state Firearms Safety Certifications.
Fox News reports that information on “3,424 firearms instructors” was inadvertently released. That information contained “dates of birth, driver’s license numbers and California identification numbers.” On December 28, 2016 — over two months after the release of information was discovered — “the California Department of Justice sent out a letter to all of the Golden State’s instructors letting them know their personal information had been compromised.”
California Attorney General Kamala Harris also used the letter to “[recommend that] firearm instructors place a fraud alert on their credit. Since driver’s license numbers are appealing to identity thieves, a fraud alert could prevent criminals from misusing someone’s personal data.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
California should be required to pay for a life lock membership for all firearms instructors. But they won’t, because this was not an accident.
Our female version of Obama, who was our state AG and is now our US Senator may have enabled that leak to happen.
Time to get some good lawyers and start suing the bastards and see how high up this so called leak went.
I guess you can’t trust idiot government “workers”.
...sure
Sounds like a good excuse to me.
Honey, I’m sorry, I accidentally slept with the neighbors wife.
This should be referred to the FBI.
Good idea !
Yeah... “accidentally”
*groan*
Everyone of those instructors and the NRA need to lawyer up and go after the leakers and see how far up the leak went.
Not an accidental release. This is the big problem with entrusting the government, at any level, with too much information. Chances are if it can be used against you it will be used against you.
Accidentally...my ass.
In other unrelated news our little “hamlet” in AZ is being overrun by yet another mass exodus from CA. Realtor friends can’t find homes fast enough for them.
Good for our property value, as long as they leave CA values back in CA (like we did 12 years ago).
Build the wall on California’s east border.
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Time for President Trump to demand a full investigation of the CA Dept of Justice.
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Firearm instructors are gently encouraged by attorney general to leave the state in case something worse might happen.
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>> “This should be referred to the FBI.” <<
The same FBI that so skillfully investigated and prosecuted Shrilllery?
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I don’t think there is anything accidental about this.
Hopefully an FBI under new management will operate more ethically. Indications are that the past problems were with the political management.
They usually do not go with LifeLock. There are other companies that get used that do not advertise. We have had multiple of these over the years due to medical information getting compromised and the companies each time setup at least 1 year of monitoring.
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