LOS ANGELES—Personal information about the operators of hundreds of food trucks or other mobile-food facilities that underwent health inspections over the past two years was erroneously posted on the county Department of Public Health’s website, the county announced Aug. 24.
The information—including names, driver’s license numbers, and possibly dates of birth—has since been removed from the Environmental Health Division’s website, but county officials said they have been working to contact people who were affected.
It was not immediately clear when the information was posted or how long it was publicly accessible online, but county officials said the release affected operators of 806 facilities that underwent environmental health inspections between July 1, 2020, and July 29, 2022….