GOP Donors' Personal Data Disclosed in RNC Privacy Slip

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Further proof the Karmic gods are have had enough of the GOP.

http://www.nysun.com/article/41341

In a breach of privacy, the Republican National Committee erroneously e-mailed a list that contained the names, races, and Social Security numbers of dozens of top Republican donors — and that identified two of the contributors as Muslim — to this reporter.

In the course of preparing for a Washington fund-raiser on Friday headlined by President Bush, an RNC staffer, Dee Dee Lancaster, intended to e-mail a security list of confirmed guests to other event planners and the Secret Service. But Ms. Lancaster mistyped one of the addresses, and the e-mail wound up in the Gmail account of this reporter.

The RNC confirmed the slip-up, which raised questions about how the committee handles sensitive personal information and what records it keeps of its supporters.The e-mail was sent to four other addresses, including one with the Secret Service.

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1. As someone who does voter data for campaigns...

let me say that names, races, amounts, parties, and even voter ID's, addresses and DOB's are a matter of public record in FL and can be freely obtained on line with the exception of addresses for certain exempt voters like police and district attorneys and judges because of sunshine laws.

The only part that CAN'T be obtained and should not be available is SSN's.

This may be different in other states.

Doug D.
Orlando,FL

[tblue]

2. Yeah, SSNs should definitely NOT be made public. I'd be pissed!

[Renew Deal]

3. Races?

They collect that? :wow: