ST. LOUIS , MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) -
A surprising find outside the downtown St. Louis Macy's store. Documents containing personal information including social security numbers.
Heather Cole reported on documents blowing in the wind last fall for Missouri Lawyers Weekly. She found open dumpsters outside the downtown Macy's with papers containing debit card numbers but no names of any customers. Macy's says those documents did not include any personal information but the company did start using dumpsters with lids.
"I'm just so surprised it happened twice." said Heather Cole of Missouri Lawyers Weekly
Cole found more papers last week. The papers included a list of old contest winners.
"There was a woman who won a $10,000 shopping spree and she had a W9 in there that included her social security number."said Heather Cole.
Macy's says it appears someone who was homeless dug into the trash and created a bed out of those papers. The company calls the incident unfortunate and says the rest of the materials did not include any personal information. Macy's says that the papers were just old marketing campaigns dating back more than 15 years.
Other shoppers say they'll be more cautious beore giving out their personal information to someone else. Macy's now plans on locking its trash lids just to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Macy's says it's trying to track down those two former prize winners who had their social security numbers land out on the street.
Heather Cole reported on documents blowing in the wind last fall for Missouri Lawyers Weekly. She found open dumpsters outside the downtown Macy's with papers containing debit card numbers but no names of any customers. Macy's says those documents did not include any personal information but the company did start using dumpsters with lids.
"I'm just so surprised it happened twice." said Heather Cole of Missouri Lawyers Weekly
Cole found more papers last week. The papers included a list of old contest winners.
"There was a woman who won a $10,000 shopping spree and she had a W9 in there that included her social security number."said Heather Cole.
Macy's says it appears someone who was homeless dug into the trash and created a bed out of those papers. The company calls the incident unfortunate and says the rest of the materials did not include any personal information. Macy's says that the papers were just old marketing campaigns dating back more than 15 years.
Other shoppers say they'll be more cautious beore giving out their personal information to someone else. Macy's now plans on locking its trash lids just to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Macy's says it's trying to track down those two former prize winners who had their social security numbers land out on the street.
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