Privacy and Personal Information (2): Privacy Incidents
Personal information is provided to apps, games, social media, credit cards, and so much more. What happens when this personal information that was promised to be kept confident is released to the public? This article discusses the incident with FEMA disaster survivors' personal information being released to the public. The FEMA corporation was transferring data to a contractor when the information was leaked to the public. Personal information did not just include personal data such as name, address and phone number, but it also shared the disaster survivors' banking information as well. The offered resolution was for victims to keep an eye on their banking statements to ensure there is no loss of funds. FEMA also stated they installed a data filter to ensure this incident did not occur again. This article shows the government did not have a plan in place for a incident of this magnitude.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-fema-privacy-data-breach-20190322-story.html
