Census Bureau lost laptops containing confidential information, watchdog says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: New York Daily News

The U.S. Census Bureau lost more than a dozen laptops used in the early phases of the 2020 count and the laptops may have contained personal information whose confidentiality is protected by federal law.

According to the Office of Inspector General, the Census Bureau was unaware the laptops were lost or had been stolen until the watchdog alerted them.

The laptops, among a group of 55,000 used for address canvassing and verification, were supposed to be sent to a contractor to scrub the devices of all personal information before the census count began.

The Inspector General noted the missing laptop were encrypted and wiped remotely, but there is no way to verify those measures were successful.

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[yaesu]

1. I had a census worker leave a pamphlet on my door with a code to fill out the census, the thing is

I sent it in 3 months ago, so, I went to the website, punched in the code, it was for my nieghbors old address, he died decades ago, his old property is owned my a non profit animal shelter, only a garage is left from his old home which they use for grounds keeping equipment.

[Simeon Salus]

4. If you have some knowledge of what is going on with that property, you can use the Notice of Visit

with the code on it to act a "proxy" and add that information. If the location is now non-residential, the Census Bureau would like to know that information. I saw something similar here where we live. If the survey requests information you don't know or would prefer not to answer, just say so while you're checking the boxes.

If one doesn't act on the notice of visit, a census worker is likely to come back and leave another identical pamphlet with the identical code. Feel free to help out!

[yaesu]

6. thanks for the info, I may try that. nt

[rockfordfile]

2. Right?sure?

[durablend]

3. "Lost" mhmmm

They should look in the Kremlin. Probably find them there

[former9thward]

5. A silly non-story.

Lost, stolen or misplaced 12 laptops out of 55,000? Any large company would love to have that record.