U.S. FEMA accepts of sharing survivors' data with outside firm, puts no one at risk

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Friday that it had shared disaster survivors' sensitive personal information with an outside company but added that it had no indication that the incident had put anybody at risk.

FEMA said it had provided more information than was necessary to a contractor involved in its Transitional Sheltering Assistance program, which provides short-term housing for people who have been evacuated from disaster areas.