Canada: Private data of 8, 600 Ont. teachers compromised

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/01/27/teachers-laptop-data494.html#ixzz0dr8O0LeP

Laptops containing sensitive records belonging to thousands of Ontario 
teachers have been stolen, CBC News has learned.

The three laptops contained names, addresses, birth dates and social 
insurance numbers of some 8,600 teachers, most of whom work at elementary 
schools for the Toronto District School Board.

The computers were stolen from the Waterloo, Ont., offices of the Ontario 
Teachers Insurance Plan on Dec. 3.

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