sensitive data

J. Reece Roth was allegedly involved in providing sensitive data to the Chinese.

Davidson Election chief says all information passed along
By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer Tennessean• February 16, 2008

On Jan. 2, as anxious Nashville voters worried they would become victims of identity theft, Metro police announced that they had learned the likely time of the theft of two laptop computers bearing the Social Security numbers of 337,000 Nashville voters.

The City Paper reports today that it appears as if the social security data on the Davidson County Election Commission laptops was not used or copied for criminal activity. However, it does appear as though there was another security breach, and that was that there was

Dean Says Building Security Must Improve, Not Specific On Changes
Reported by Sara Dorsey(WMSV news channel 4)

POSTED: 4:39 pm CST January 7, 2008
UPDATED: 9:35 pm CST January 7, 2008

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville's mayor is talking publicly for the first time about a break-in at election headquarters that may have compromised voters' personal information.

Video: Mayor On Commission Break-In: 'Voters Deserve Better'

Recently in Nashville there was one of those major security breeches that happened as the result of too much information being on a portable computer drive. In this specific case a laptop was stolen from the Nashville Election Commission with what I think was the entire voter registration database (social security numbers and all). There is a large community of people who are shocked and appalled by this incident. While it is appalling, I am in no way surprised.

I am amazed at all the lapses in professionalism/security/plain ol' thinking that have resulted in the loss of computers and sensitive data belonging to the Davidson County Election Commission. ("New details reveal numerous mistakes prior to Election Commission break-in" on Nashville City Paper) I know Ray Barrett and he is a fine man, and I believe he is generally competent in his job.