Washington planted a tracking device on every American investor
A just-released report from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Inspector General confirmed what the American Securities Association has warned for years: The people with access to your most sensitive financial data cannot be trusted to protect it. A former SEC employee improperly accessed and shared nonpublic investigative information, the latest in a long line of insider breaches that make the Consolidated Audit Trail not just a privacy risk, but a ticking time bomb. As the SEC continues to hear from Americans about what to do with the largest collection of their personal financial data ever assembled, the answer is simple: end it.
- ▪A just-released report from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Inspector General confirmed what the American Securities Association has warned for years: The people with access to your most sensitive financial data cannot be
- ▪A former SEC employee improperly accessed and shared nonpublic investigative information, the latest in a long line of insider breaches that make the Consolidated Audit Trail not just a privacy risk, but a ticking time bomb.
- ▪As the SEC continues to hear from Americans about what to do with the largest collection of their personal financial data ever assembled, the answer is simple: end it.
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A just-released report from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Inspector General confirmed what the American Securities Association has warned for years: The people with access to your most sensitive financial data cannot be trusted to protect it. A former SEC employee improperly accessed and shared nonpublic investigative information, the latest in a long line of insider breaches that make the Consolidated Audit Trail not just a privacy risk, but a ticking time bomb. As the SEC continues to hear from Americans about what to do with the largest collection of their personal financial data ever assembled, the answer is simple: end it.
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