Simple Mistake Could have Led to Identity Theft!

Just the other day my wife and I were conversing over dinner about identity theft.  She expressed that she did not understand why organizations don't take greater care with their employee's information.  She went on to tell me that that she had received a misdirected fax that contained the names, and social security numbers for an entire family.  She showed me the fax, and sure enough, an HR employee was faxing to their insurance carrier, health insurance enrollment information for one of their employees.  The fax contained the names, social security numbers, and birthdays of each member of the family, along with list of health related questions.  The employee must have dialed the wrong fax number, as it ended up coming to my wife's fax machine.

My wife stated that she could not believe that with today's technology, that an organization would be so careless.  I told her it was a mistake, and not intential.  She asked me to remember how I felt when someone at a restaurant took my debit card information and charged over $500 worth of merchandise, all because the debit card information was printed on the receipt.  I had to admit,...