Web site posts Iowans private information

If you live in Iowa, or have ever owned any home in that state, then your information is now public! (or at least it has been). A land owners website has been posting home mortgage records and other documents from each county, since 2005! The article also states that records older than 5 yrs include personal information on the documents, like your Social Security Number!

• Story link from chicagotribune.com, posted on Sept 3, 2008 – http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-identitytheftwebs,0,832731.story

A Web site sponsored by elected officials includes Social Security numbers and other data for thousands of Iowans — including Gov. Chet Culver.

IowaLandRecords.org, includes home mortgage records and other documents from each of Iowa’s 99 counties. The Web site was launched in January 2005 by the Iowa County Recorders Association. Records on the site that are older than six years old typically include Social Security numbers

****UPDATE NOTE *****

At the time of this writing, I was able to register as a user on the site, and download records with personal information! Hopefully this gets taked down soon.