Details of 'vulnerable' residents on stolen computer

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http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/details-of-vulnerable-residents-on-stolen-computer.17848796

By Gerry Braiden
Herald Scotland
12 June 2012

AN investigation is under way after a laptop computer containing the 
bank account details of thousands of companies and individuals was 
stolen from council offices in Glasgow.

Almost 38,000 city council "customers" had their personal details stored 
on the stolen laptop, which, although it was password protected, was not 
encrypted.

Among those whose details were on the computer were thousands of 
vulnerable Glasgow residents who receive care grants, as well as people 
who receive winter fuel payments.

As well as names and addresses, the bank account details of around 
10,400 com-panies and 6100 individuals were stored on the laptop.

It is one of two stolen during a break-in at council offices in Cochrane 
Street between May 28 and May 29. It comes just over two years after the 
Information Commissioner's Office censured the council over loss of an 
unencrypted memory stick with details of sex offenders, victims, 
witnesses and case officers.

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