[privacy] UK: Stolen Government Laptop Contains Staff Payroll Data of 10, 000

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via ComputerWorld.

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A laptop computer holding personal and financial information on 10,000 U.K.
National Health Service staffers has been stolen from a hospital in
Cornwall.

The machine containing payroll data -- including names, addresses and bank
details -- was stolen from the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, which hosts
the payroll for NHS staff across the county. It was stolen from locked and
alarmed premises in Truro, which were forcibly entered during the night on
April 30 or in the early hours of May 1.

A trust spokeswoman said the laptop was password-protected, but she was
unable to say whether any other security measures were in place. Security
experts warned that relying on password protection and locking laptops away
was "not enough" to protect sensitive data.

The spokeswoman said the data was usually held on a server but had been
downloaded to the laptop for "a specific piece of work." She added, "From
time to time, information is downloaded to enable specific pieces of
analysis to be done."

No patient information was stored on the computer, she said.

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More:
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- - ferg

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