Bernadine Matthews. | Photo: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Bernadine Matthews. | Photo: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Waukesha County Releases Personal Info in EEOC Case

By Jay Sorgi

A lot of people who applied for jobs in Waukesha County had personal information released to one candidate who filed a complaint because she didn't get the job.

Waukesha County gave Bernadine Matthews the social security numbers, salaries, college backgrounds and other personal information of 130 people.

When she didn't get a job at the County, she filed a complaint with the EEOC asking for copies of the applications for each person who applied for the job.

By EEOC policy, she got them - with all the personal information.

Matthews tells the Journal Sentinel that she made copies of the applications, returned a set back to the county, put her copies in a safe-deposit box at her bank and that she isn't using the personal information.

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