[privacy] Laptop Theft Puts 30, 000 North Carolina Residents at Risk

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Charlotte Observer (props, Pogo Was Right).

[snip]

A laptop computer containing files on 30,000 taxpayers was stolen from the
car of an N.C. Department of Revenue employee last month, and state
officials are cautioning everyone on the list to keep an eye on their
finances for potential fraud.

The Revenue Department this week dispatched letters to all 30,000 people,
apparently the first such episode since the enactment of an N.C. law last
fall requiring government agencies to notify consumers when their data are
lost or stolen.

Police have not recovered the computer, but the Jan. 10 letter from
Secretary of Revenue Norris Tolson said state officials are not aware of
anyone gaining access to the data.

[snip]

More:
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/16451423.htm

- - ferg

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