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Ohio JFS says they told Butler County to go public with misplaced documents
Officials from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services say they advised Butler County to let the public know about a security breach that caused documents containing personal information to “periodically” get tossed into a public Dumpster, potentially affecting 10,600 people.
“If you have no way of knowing who these people were, at the very least you should put an advertisement in the local paper,” is what Ben Johnson, ODJFS spokesman, said his office told the county.
“Our advice was never to do nothing,” he said.
Johnson said his office did advise the county that a state law about disclosure of such security breaches didn’t apply in this instance, because that law pertains to digital information. But he said the county should not be limited by the law.
“There’s a difference between what is legally required, and what is ethical, and obviously if you feel like people’s personal information has been compromised, you should try to notify those people,” Johnson said.
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By Bill
June 16, 2010 9:38 AM | Link to this
Mr. Johnson said to do what is ethical. There in is the problem; Jolivette and Dixon don’t know the meaning of the word “Ethical”.
By EthicsWatch
June 16, 2010 8:18 PM | Link to this
Bill you have hit the nail on the head. No ethics is a way of life in Butler County. Don’t stop with the Commissioners, the list is way longer than that. Did you see the Fairfield City Council Meeting? If not, check out the replay on their website. Blatant campaign ethics violations and misuse of a Public Forum.
By Tim
June 17, 2010 4:08 PM | Link to this
Someone should file a missing persons report for Bruce Jewett. Where was Jewett, the Director of JFS during all this.
By itIsAShame
June 17, 2010 8:19 PM | Link to this
From all the documentation that’s been printed, it looks like Kearns, Jewett, Clark, and company know what to do to protect their own. It’s a shame that they don’t feel that same obligation to protect their clients.