Personal Data and Privacy
The WCCC believes that your personal information is just that, yours. The government has shown time after time that they are incapable of keeping your information safe. Since 2007 nearly 450,000 Wisconsinites have had their private, personal information compromised due to mishandlings of state-sponsored databases.
- In 2007, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue mailed tax forms with Social Security numbers on the mailing labels, breaching the privacy of 170,000 Wisconsin taxpayers.
- In January 2008, the Department of Health and Family Services and its vendor EDS sent out 260,000 informational brochures on Medicaid, SeniorCare and BadgerCare. Each recipient of the piece had their Social Security number printed on the mailing label.
- In August 2009, a security breach that began in 2001 was discovered. It involved 40 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Department computers being hacked. The computers contained personal information, including Social Security numbers of nearly 3,000 students and staff.
- In February 2007, 109 State Assembly members and aides had their names, Social Security numbers and addresses compromised when a legislative employee's laptop computer was stolen from their car. One Wisconsin lawmaker said, "The only leaking sieve of information is government."
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