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Article: Officials: Private Records Posted Online
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- September 30, 2004
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09-30-2004
Dateline: MIAMI
In another black eye for Florida's child-welfare agency, officials acknowledged that confidential records for nearly 4,000 abused and neglected children were available on the Internet until this week.
The files were accessible on the Web site of Kids Central, a privately run children's agency, and included names of children, as well as details such as birth dates, Social Security numbers, photographs, case histories and even directions to foster homes.
"We have taken immediate action when it became apparent there was a flaw," said Don Thomas, the top administrator in central Florida for the state Department of Children & Families.
The department ...