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Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against USPS For Alleged Privacy Violations

Sharon Gaudin writes on InformationWeek:

A Seattle-based attorney has filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly selling employees' personal information to marketing companies in violation of the U.S. Privacy Act.

The lawsuit, which has been filed on behalf of all postal employees, alleges that the USPS has allowed private businesses to access and use its employee master file, which contains private information, including home addresses, of all full- and part-time employees. The complaint noted that the USPS sets up co-branding agreements with different marketing companies. The agreements allow the companies to use the Postal Service logo on marketing materials that are sent to employees' homes.

The lawsuit seeks to force the USPS to stop disclosing employees' private information, and to recover the money USPS received through the co-branding agreements.

posted by Fergie @ 7/30/2007 04:00:00 PM