Verified Identity Pass: CLEAR Suspended Following Laptop Theft

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via ABC7.com (hat-tip, Pogo Was Right).

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Verified Identity Pass, which operates under the brand name Clear, was
suspended by the Transportation Security Administration Monday after a
laptop containing personal information for 33,000 people signing up for
their registered traveler program was stolen from San Francisco
International Airport.

The company is in the process of notifying the people, who were signing up
for an expedited airport check-in service, that their personal information
may have been stolen.

Officials said a laptop containing the data was stolen from a locked office
at the airport. The information on the laptop was not encrypted. There was
no credit card data or any social security numbers stored on the laptop,
but there were names, addresses and other personal data.

Verified Identity Pass will not be able to enroll new customers into the
registered traveler program until the TSA verifies that the company is
compliant with security procedures.

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More:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6306342

- - ferg

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