L.A.'s already embattled food truck operators have yet another stress on their shoulders this morning after the L.A. County Department of Public Health announced a major leak of these business owners' personal information yesterday.
According to the admission, the website for Public's Health's Environmental Health Division posted Mobile Food Facility Official Inspection Reports which showed the personal information, including names, ID and Driver's License numbers, and possibly also dates of birth, of roughly 806 permitees or "persons-in-charge."
Public Health, so far, does not claim to see any evidence this information was used by any bad actors who stole the information towards illicit ends, but obviously, such a data violation stands to affect a population of food truck operators that is already subject to public violence, robbery, murder, and aggressive law enforcement and legislation intent on shutting down or limiting their operations.
Nonetheless, the agency claims the reports were "promptly" removed upon their discovery, while attempts were made to contact those affected. Public Health also claims:
Since the incident, we have reviewed and retrained our workforce on the relevant policies and procedures and provided additional trainings to prevent future incidents. Public Health is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information of our Mobile Food Facility Persons-In-Charge and Permittees.