smoke20rules asked:
The home office of my employer’s broker dealer lost my fingerprint card that also contained my date and place of birth, social security number, home address, height, weight, etc. They have offered little explanation as to the situation. I was fingerprinted in 2004 so who knows how long it has been lost and whether it ever made it to their office. Should I be concerned they lost such personal information? Should I pursue any further actions like making them pay for a credit report or monitoring?
Dora
The home office of my employer’s broker dealer lost my fingerprint card that also contained my date and place of birth, social security number, home address, height, weight, etc. They have offered little explanation as to the situation. I was fingerprinted in 2004 so who knows how long it has been lost and whether it ever made it to their office. Should I be concerned they lost such personal information? Should I pursue any further actions like making them pay for a credit report or monitoring?
Dora
#1 by abradley57 on May 22, 2010 - 1:00 am
Holly
Yes, you should be concerned. When a local bank did something similar, I reported them to the Federal Reserve for rights violations and they were promptly swarmed with investigators checking into their practices.
A brokerage has some government organization that overlooks them. I’m not sure what it is offhand, but I would report them to that organization. Safe keeping of personal information is a federal requirement and not doing so is a violation of federal law. It violates you as a person and set s you up for how knows what.