Laptop, BlackBerry and disc stolen from HSE

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http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11399/cio/laptop-blackberry-and-disc-stolen-from-hse

By John Kennedy
SiliconRepublic.com
10.09.2008

The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the theft of a laptop, 
BlackBerry mobile device and a data disc from the home of a Health 
Services Executive (HSE) employee who was working on a survey on the 
influenza vaccine.

It is understood that the HSE employee was engaged in a survey gathering 
information on the provision of the influenza vaccine to 1,150 
healthcare workers late last year.

The information contains details such as names, addresses, dates of 
birth, contact phone numbers, GP names and occupational data.

The equipment was stolen from the HSE worker’s home last week.

The laptop is understood to have been password protected but was not 
encrypted.

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