Random-American

Potential for massive identity theft? fraud? corruption?  Call me crazy, but this just seems like a really really bad idea.  Have these and most other public officials have lost their minds? (hat tip: MM)

From OC Register: 

Orange County’s Superior Court contracts with a company that uses workers in Nogales, Mexico, to do the data entry of traffic tickets, a revelation on Thursday that outraged many who fear personal information is leaving the country.

The court has contracted since March 2006 with Cal Coast Data Entry, Inc., a Cerritos company that has a facility in Nogales. Information from tickets – including drivers’ license numbers, car license numbers, birth dates and addresses – are scanned at the Cerritos facility and sent electronically to the Mexican facility.

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Court officials refused to release the cost of the contract and said they would continue using the company.

And why isn’t the court accountable to the taxpayers for the cost?  Shouldn’t that be made public?

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