{"id":2454181,"date":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=320404"},"modified":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T07:00:00","slug":"aspen-housing-authority-adopts-confidentiality-policy-after-mistakenly-releasing-mans-personal-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-housing-authority-adopts-confidentiality-policy-after-mistakenly-releasing-mans-personal-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen housing authority adopts confidentiality policy after mistakenly releasing man\u2019s personal information"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority board passed a resolution Wednesday that sets a confidentiality policy on releasing personal information of those who live in the agency\u2019s 3,000 units.<\/p>\n

The policy, which was approved unanimously, is in response to APCHA posting a local man\u2019s personal and financial information<\/a> on the internet.<\/p>\n

Three years\u2019 worth of tax returns, a form listing assets and liabilities, a bank balance, paystubs, W-2s, and an identifiable social security number belonging to Joey Vernier was included in a November APCHA board agenda packet for a compliance hearing regarding his mother, Julie Vernier.<\/p>\n

APCHA apologized at the time, saying it was a mistake and removed it immediately.<\/p>\n

Typically a person\u2019s financial information, which is required to qualify for a unit, remains confidential with APCHA.<\/p>\n

The policy passed Wednesday solidifies that practice and lists protocols for when confidential information is used illegally or unethically.<\/p>\n

Confidential information includes Social Security and taxpayer identification numbers; driver\u2019s license and passport numbers; bank account numbers; medical information; and PIN codes, among others.<\/p>\n

But as the policy states, if a person finds himself or herself in violation of working the required 1,500 hours in Pitkin County and is appealing a decision, income information like tax returns can enter the public realm.<\/p>\n

Only staff and board members, along with APCHA\u2019s attorney, will have access to a complaint or investigative file on a need-to-know basis if it\u2019s necessary.<\/p>\n

When confidential information is disclosed, sensitive information including Social Security numbers will be redacted. That also is the case if information has to be released under the Colorado Open Records Act.<\/p>\n

If there is a breach, it must be reported to APCHA department heads and the city\u2019s human resources department, who will taken action if necessary.<\/p>\n

APCHA holds confidential information, which is all paper-based, in locked filing cabinets.<\/p>\n

When documents are authorized to be deleted or destroyed, they will be shredded.<\/p>\n

Once APCHA goes to its electronic data system<\/a>, files will be deleted.<\/p>\n

csackariason@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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