Lawsuit accuses JPMorgan of exposing Social Security numbers

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Lawsuit accuses JPMorgan of exposing Social Security numbers

By Dena Aubin
NEW YORK | Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:58pm EDT

(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit accusing it of printing Social Security numbers on the outsides of form letters mailed to customers to tell them about the bank's efforts to protect their private information.

Filed on Thursday in federal court in Chicago, the lawsuit accused the largest bank in the United States of violating federal and state laws and subjecting its customers to increased risk of identity theft.

A JPMorgan spokeswoman declined comment.

The allegations are another embarrassment for the financial company amid a rash of civil and criminal probes, ranging from the massive "London Whale" trading scandal to possible bribery in China.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/20/us-usa-bank-mailings-idUSBRE98J0WL20130920

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. I jsut gotta laff at the sheer moronic behavior of that.

JP is getting it from all sides.

Good.