Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott recently charged three
employers with failing to protect and properly discard records containing
customers’ personal information. The companies have now agreed to beef up their
information-security procedures … and establish appropriate employee training
programs.
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Download NowThe problems came to light after a Corpus Christi reporter
discovered company records in unprotected dumpsters. When Abbott’s office
investigated, it found that the dumpsters contained customers’ personal
information, including names, driver’s license numbers, and dates of birth. The
three employers are GAB Robins, which provides services to insurance carriers,
Victory Management Services, which managed loan company B&F Finance
McAllen, L.L.C., and Nino Tax of Brownsville.
“Identity theft is one of the nation’s fastest growing and
costly criminal enterprises,” Attorney General Abbott said. “These cases all
involve companies that failed to properly dispose of materials containing their
customers’ sensitive personal information.”