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UK: Personal data of 51,000 is lost
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:01:51 +0000 (UTC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8320290.stm A tape containing the personal data of 51,000 UK customers has been lost by insurance company Zurich. It confirmed that the back-up tape went missing during a routine transfer to a data storage centre in South Africa in August 2008. Details of 550 people in South Africa and Botswana were also on the tape. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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