Crime & Safety
Defunct Dealership Left Sensitive Info in Dumpster: Deputies
Documents containing personal information of customers at the former Cumming dealership were not properly disposed, according to a report.
CUMMING, GA -- A former Cumming car dealership allegedly disposed of sensitive customer information by throwing it in a dumpster, a Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office report says.
A deputy was sent to the former North Atlanta Motors site at 1605 Canton Highway just after noon on Dec. 10 after a woman noticed paperwork in a dumpster and notified authorities, according to the report.
The deputy looked in the dumpster and located a camper top, trash bags, and the documents.
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“It appears the business...had thrown vital paperwork with personal information away inside the dumpster,” the deputy wrote in his report.
The papers were turned over to investigators, according to the report.
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