[nfbmi-talk] rehab records found in ohio trash

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Rehab commission records found in trash bin

 

Nov. 22, 2011  |

 

COLUMBUS (AP) -- The state government watchdog said confidential personal information was found in documents from a job agency for Ohioans with disabilities

that were discovered in an outdoor trash bin.

 

A spokesman for Inspector General Randall Meyer said it was unclear Monday how many Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission records were involved and that

the office is investigating.

 

Commission spokesman John Damschroder said agency investigators have been working with the inspector general since Friday to determine the scope of the

problem and how to protect those whose information may have been exposed. He said all relevant employees recently were trained on privacy policy.

 

The items were found outside an agency office in Portsmouth. Meyer's office seized them Friday with the help of the Ohio Highway Patrol after a tip from

a confidential informant.

 

http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20111122/NEWS01/111220329