Flash Report: Campaign Finance Law Gives Your Address to the North Koreans (In the News)

February 6, 2015   •  By Scott Blackburn
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By Scott Blackburn
Sadly, if the North Koreans wanted to obtain the personal information of Sony workers in order to threaten them, they had no need to hack the company. As a consequence of bad campaign finance regulations, much of that data is readily available online.
That’s right. If you have given just $200 to any federal candidate in any election, you already surrendered your name, address, and employer to the Federal Election Commission, who then posted that information online where anyone can access it.
This is how we know that Sony Pictures President Doug Belgrad lives at 828 North Barksdale Dr. in Beverly Hills; He gave $1,000 to New Jersey Senator Cory Booker in 2013. Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton wisely gave only his office address (31151 Franklin Boulevard in the Hornstrum building, Office 6700) when he donated $20,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in May of this year. But when his wife, Jamie Alter, gave $833 in 2010 to former Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln, she used her home address – 902 North Bayside in Los Angeles. And both Mr. Lynton and Mrs. Alter used their Connecticut address (542 Nestleigh Way, Hendersen, CT) for still other donations.

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