SSN on W2 in trash

[BlownAwayInCA]

What is the name of your state? CA
My employer repeatedly throws out copies of my W2 forms in the trash without shredding them. Doesn't she have some obligation to protect my SSN and other private information?

 

[twsited_steel]

I did a search and this came up, thought I bump it since there was no reply.

But I'm in a similar situation. Owner of the company, threw away a large amount of paper work into a dumpster. W2's, health insurance information, checking account direct deposit information, which has checking account #'s, transfer #'s. A lot of employee information has now been exposed, like names, address's, social security #'s, phone number's, checking account #'s. Nothing was shredded. It was so bad, employee's are going threw the dumpster searching for their paperwork.

Do employer's have a responsibility to protect employee's info? Were any laws broken here?

Thanks for any info.