EPIC Raises Concern About JFK Data Breach
The social security numbers of more than 400 former congressional staffers were released in March as part of the disclosure of 60,000 pages from the federal archive related to the John F. Kennedy assassination, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Tuesday.
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EPIC Litigation Director John Davisson testified before a House Oversight Committee working group. The disclosure violated the National Archives’ normal screening procedures, according to EPIC. “Having spent decades fighting to secure the transparency of government records, EPIC firmly supports the objectives of the JFK Records Act and the fulfillment of its disclosure mandate,” he said in testimony. “But given that many federal records contain sensitive personal information, Congress has made it clear that government transparency must be balanced with the protection of privacy.”