On January 10, 2017, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a lawsuit in Kansas District Court against a document management company and two of its employees for failing to protect customers' personal information. According to the complaint, the company disposed of documents containing personal information, including Social Security numbers, in public trash receptacles. This case represents the first use of the Kansas Attorney General's enhanced data privacy enforcement powers under HB 2460, which was passed by the Kansas Legislature during the 2016 session.
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