Hacked

Paul’s workplace: “We need to know EVERYTHING about EVERY family member! Social Security numbers! Birth dates! Employers! All income sources! Web site addresses! Email addresses! Stock holdings! Extended family members! EVERY SINGLE PERSONAL DETAIL! And we need it updated annually AT LEAST, for the protection of EVERYONE!”

Paul’s workplace: “Oops, we got hacked. Again. All your private information is public. Again.”

Paul’s workplace: “FOR EVERYONE’S PROTECTION, we need everyone to update private information again. Is your teenager working part-time at the grocery store? WE NEED THAT INFORMATION. FOR YOUR SAFETY. Provide it or we regret that we can no longer consider you an employee.”

Paul’s workplace: “You are not going to believe this. It’s funny, really. Ooooo, but do we have a treat for YOU: free credit checks for a YEAR!! A whole year!”

11 thoughts on “Hacked

  1. Matti

    Gah! That is terrible. Just really awful. I feel your pain, though. AND! At least the federal government is supposed to keep tabs on the SSN of all minors, so that if they are used to try to obtain credit, etc. they are automatically flagged and the parents are alerted. ASK ME HOW I KNOW.

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  2. Maggie

    Sigh. I work for the federal government and I relate to this FAR to well. Other irritating thing is the frequent admonishing emails we get abt how to protect our data. I just want to all caps respond that my personal stuff has never been hacked!! How abt they focus on protecting the personal info I’m required to give them? ARGH.

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  3. Monique S.

    I wish company’s would adopt the the policy we have at work to access patient information. Do you need it to do your job? If not, then you don’t need the information. Do you need to know if my child is working part time to cover him / her for health benefits? No, then you don’t need that information. Do you need to know my assets to employ me? No, then you don’t need that information. Why can’t we require them to justify the need for this info?

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  4. Jen

    We had to prove we were still married for my husband’s work. Examples they gave as acceptable documentation: TAX return, mortgage statement. Niether of those documents prove anything. The first one could be mocked up online in about two minutes and the second two people could have a mortgage and not be married. Stupid stupid stupid.

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  5. kimi

    How frustrating for you!

    I have to admit I’ve never heard of this! I didn’t even know employers were allowed to see tax returns or have information about family members (other than personal health numbers for health insurance).

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  6. Jill

    I worked for the Federal Government over 7 years ago and I have recently gotten letters twice that all my information (that they clearly kept because?) has been compromised. Whoops whattayagonnado?

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  7. Ann

    I feel your pain. We’ve had similar letters 3 (THREE) times in the past two years. I think we have free credit tracking through the federal government for the foreseeable future to “make-up” for this “inconvenience”.
    My husband jokes that I will come home some evening to find a stranger impersonating him, spewing off all the relevant details. “Yes, I am (insert husband’s name). My birthday is date. Your name is Ann. We own fish. Our address is address.” All you can do is laugh. And be glad we don’t live exciting lives.

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