Thursday, April 21, 2005

UPDATE to the Yahoo/ Turbotax Privacy Problem - Evan Hendricks Saves the Day

Saturday, April 16th, I posted a warning about a
n important privacy breach. Up to 1000 individual tax returns were publicly available on the web. I found out about the problem through a routine Yahoo.com search. The problem had to do with the way Turbotax alerts users of rejeccted returns, Yahoo indexing practices, and where individuals stored their files.

I alerted Yahoo and Turbotax directly. Then I alerted national Privacy expert, Evan Hendricks, the editor of The Privacy Times newsletter. Evan cut through the bureaucracy like a hot knife through butter, and got Yahoo to solve the problem within 24 hours.

(By the way, if you ever need an expert witness on a Fair Credit Reporting Act case, you should seriously consider using Evan. He is on the speed dial of most of the NACA FCRA lawyers.)

Great Job Evan!


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