California: State workers warned about missing personal data

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

Courtesy pogowasright.org

http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2006/08/14/daily44.html

Sacramento Business Journal - 10:18 AM PDT Friday

A computer tape containing the names, mailing addresses and Social 
Security numbers of 9,468 employees at the California Department of Mental 
Health cannot be located, director Stephen Mayberg said late Thursday.

Department officials do not believe employees' personal information has 
been accessed because specific equipment is needed to read the computer 
tape, Mayberg said. However, as soon as the department learned that the 
tape could not be located, officials decided to notify employees and offer 
ways for them to protect their personal information.

An e-mail sent out Thursday night suggests that workers protect themselves 
from the possibility of identity theft by placing a fraud alert on their 
credit files with the major credit reporting services, Experian, Equifax, 
Trans Union. A similar letter will also be mailed to all department 
employees.

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