The never ending parade of stolen/lost laptops added another to its list today. The Tennessean.com is reporting that a laptop containing voter information for Davidson County residents was stolen over the holidays. How many is that you ask?
337,000+
Ouch.
From the article:
That could persuade potential voters in the upcoming presidential primaries to avoid the process altogether, according to Deborah Narrigan, a member of the watchdog group Common Cause Tennessee.
“If you can’t trust that the commission can safely handle your Social Security number, it would raise doubts for a lot of people about its ability to secure other parts of the voting process,” Narrigan said.
County Election Administrator Ray Barrett said Friday that the commission will mail letters to all registered county voters this week notifying them of the incident. Barrett also said he has asked Metro’s Information Technology Services department to prevent future security breaches.
[tags]Data Loss, Stolen Laptop, Privacy[/tags]