I asked my old employer for a digital copy of my W2 since they had acquired another company and moved on from the payroll company they used to use. There's some.back and forth and eventually the new HR assistant sends me all the W2s from the US office ( pre acquisition). The kicker to me is that this PDF was provided to the new HR assistant by the d HR assistant, who now works in a different department ( but has access to sensitive documents).
Is this considered a “whoopsie , my bad” mistake, a catastrophic leak of people's private information or somewhere in between?
Knowing this company, right now, I'm 99% sure there will be 0 consequences. And if I notify the one or two executives I know are still there maybe a 90% chance of 0 consequences. But if this was a high profile clients sensitive information ( they work in media so this isn't government secrets) I suspect their reaction would be very different.
Do I bother mentioning this to the few executives I know or just delete the info from my.email ( which will happen regardless, I dont need folks W2s) ?