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A 3-Year Exposure of Privacy Act-Protected Data Revealed USPTO Mismanagement in Safeguarding the Sensitive PII of Trademark Filers
| Date Issued | June 24, 2024 |
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| Report Number | OIG-24-029-I |
| Report Type | Audits / Evaluations |
| Description |
Our evaluation found that after exposure of trademark applicants’ personally identifiable information (PII) in a USPTO web application, USPTO leadership did not comply with federal, departmental, and USPTO incident response requirements and knowingly allowed PII to remain publicly accessible during incident mitigation. |
| View Report | OIG-24-029-I_FinalReport |
| View Abstract | OIG-24-029-I_RIB_(SECURED) |
