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MN DPS: Private records of nearly 600 people made public online in BCA error
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension exposed non-public criminal history records for 595 people due to a system error that went undetected for about a month.
- Thursday, March 12, the Minnesota BCA notified the public that non-public records of 595 people were accessible on the Minnesota public criminal history website, tracing to the Minnesota Criminal History System.
- A CHS data-recognition failure caused recent court activity to be missed, and an automated copying process released non-public records of 595 people to the public criminal history website.
- The BCA fixed the issue on Feb. 25 after about one month of analysis, with records tied to convictions later dismissed or vacated affected.
- The BCA said it will prepare a report and people can request it by email; some companies that requested bulk downloads received the non-public records and updated records are being sent to vendors.
- Officials said the full impact remains unclear and the BCA did not disclose whose records were released, stressing it takes data security seriously and regrets the error.
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BCA: Non-public criminal history info on nearly 600 people was online
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Nearly 600 people's criminal history records were accidentally made public on Minnesota's criminal history website.
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