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More than 200,000 New York residents have already received potentially bad news under a new state law about the security of their personal information.

The law that took effect Dec. 7 requires companies and government agencies to notify consumers whenever a report containing their telephone numbers, bank account information, income, medical records and other information is accidentally disseminated.

In just five weeks, 200,541 state residents have gotten such notices from 10 companies and government offices, said Marc Violette, spokesman for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

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Ignorance Was Bliss

File this one under "Sorry We Asked":

More than 200,000 New York residents have already received potentially bad news under a new state law about the security of their personal information.

The law that took effect Dec. 7 requires companies and government agencies to notify consumers whenever a report containing their telephone numbers, bank account information, income, medical records and other information is accidentally disseminated.

In just five weeks, 200,541 state residents have gotten such notices from 10 companies and government offices, said Marc Violette, spokesman for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.