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[privacy] IRS Laptop Containing Employee Fingerprint Images Lost
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 22:39:20 GMT
Yet another. Via MSNBC. [snip] A laptop computer containing fingerprints of Internal Revenue Service employees is missing, MSNBC.com has learned. The computer was lost during transit on an airline flight in the western United States, IRS spokesman Terry Lemon said. No taxpayer information was on the lost laptop, Lemon said. In all, the IRS believes the computer contained information on 291 employees and job applicants, including fingerprints, names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. The fingerprints had been collected as part of a normal background screening process. Some job applicantsÂ’ information also was also on the computer. [snip] More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13152636/ - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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