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Shredded confidential police documents were used for confetti that showers down on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The problem with this seems to be the pieces were big enough to contain personal information like detective’s phone numbers and random social security numbers, according to the Huffington Post on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012.
People at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that happened to pick up the long strips of paper used for confetti, got quite the surprise. The strips were big enough to reveal that they were looking at shredded police documents. Along with social security numbers and law enforcement officer’s phone numbers, the strips of paper also contained banking information for police employees. Some of the banking information belonged to undercover police officers.
Romney’s motorcade was also mentioned on the confetti pieces, which probably refers to Romney’s arrival for a presidential debate in October at Hofstra University. It was the alert eye of a native New Yorker college student who discovered the confidential information on the shreds of paper used as confetti for the parade.
The documents were shredded horizontally instead vertically. Shredding the papers horizontally is one of the least secure ways to destroy information. You can feasible get an entire line or two from the document when it’s shredded horizontally, which was the case here.
Macy’s denies using shredded police documents as part of the festivities and reminds the media that many people make their own confetti for this very popular event. Macy’s uses multi-colored, punched out confetti rather than shredded strips of paper. The strips of police documents could have come out of any one of the countless number of upper story windows that line the parade route.
The Nassau County Police Department is investigating this incident and a spokesperson reported that they are “very concerned about this situation." They will not only be conducting an investigation into this matter, but reviewing their procedures for the disposing of sensitive documents as well.
Confetti made from shredded police documents found at Macy's parade - Hartford Top News | Examiner.com
Shredded confidential police documents were used for confetti that showers down on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The problem with this seems to be the pieces were big enough to contain personal information like detective’s phone numbers and random social security numbers, according to the Huffington Post on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012.
People at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that happened to pick up the long strips of paper used for confetti, got quite the surprise. The strips were big enough to reveal that they were looking at shredded police documents. Along with social security numbers and law enforcement officer’s phone numbers, the strips of paper also contained banking information for police employees. Some of the banking information belonged to undercover police officers.
Romney’s motorcade was also mentioned on the confetti pieces, which probably refers to Romney’s arrival for a presidential debate in October at Hofstra University. It was the alert eye of a native New Yorker college student who discovered the confidential information on the shreds of paper used as confetti for the parade.
The documents were shredded horizontally instead vertically. Shredding the papers horizontally is one of the least secure ways to destroy information. You can feasible get an entire line or two from the document when it’s shredded horizontally, which was the case here.
Macy’s denies using shredded police documents as part of the festivities and reminds the media that many people make their own confetti for this very popular event. Macy’s uses multi-colored, punched out confetti rather than shredded strips of paper. The strips of police documents could have come out of any one of the countless number of upper story windows that line the parade route.
The Nassau County Police Department is investigating this incident and a spokesperson reported that they are “very concerned about this situation." They will not only be conducting an investigation into this matter, but reviewing their procedures for the disposing of sensitive documents as well.
Confetti made from shredded police documents found at Macy's parade - Hartford Top News | Examiner.com