FL: Navy laptop with personal info missing

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/pensacola/Navy_Laptop_With_Personal_Info_Missing

Naval Hospital Pensacola will be notifying thousands of beneficiaries who 
use its pharmacy services, following the disappearance of a laptop 
computer August 18 which contains personally identifiable information.

The computer's database contains a registry of 38,000 pharmacy service 
customers' names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth on all 
patients that used the pharmacy in the last year. It does not contain any 
personal health information.

"While there is no evidence to suggest personal data has been compromised, 
it is the Department of the Navy's policy to apprise individuals whose 
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) may be at risk," says Captain 
Maryalice Morro, commanding officer.

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