CDs containing state workers' information missing in Nevada

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2007/nov/11/111110005.html

Hundreds of CDs containing payroll information about state employees, 
including Social Security numbers, have either been lost or stolen over 
the last three years, state Personnel Director Todd Rich said.

Rich said his department sent a total of more than 13,000 CDs to 80 
agencies for review every two-week pay period over the last three years. 
He said as many as 470 are still missing.

"We haven't had any notification from anybody that, `Hey, my identity has 
been stolen,'" Rich told the Nevada Appeal.

He said it would be up to Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto whether 
to issue a breach notification. If so, he said, it would be done by 
agencies with missing discs.

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