SAN FRANCISCO — Two weeks before their wedding, Emily Dreyfuss’ fiancé ordered a tie and pocket square from Banana Republic to go with his navy-blue suit.
What the couple got in the mail Thursday were the confidential files of about 20 former employees — including Social Security numbers and tax forms.
Dreyfuss, the 29-year-old daughter of actor Richard Dreyfuss, said yesterday from her Cambridge, Mass., home that she had misgivings as soon as the package arrived. It was too heavy and not from Banana Republic but from its parent company, Gap Inc.
Three sealed folders, each labeled “HR Administration,” contained the tax info plus resignation letters, doctors’ notes and salary history of Gap sales-support associates, said Dreyfuss, who writes for the tech site CNET and administers its home page.
“People should know about this,” she said, “because it’s crazy and scary.”
A Gap spokeswoman declined to comment, pending a statement from the company — which did offer the couple a $61 tie-and-pocket-square set for free.
They politely declined.