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Laptop Theft Puts 30,000 North Carolina Residents at Risk

Mark Johnson writes in The Charlotte Observer:

A laptop computer containing files on 30,000 taxpayers was stolen from the car of an N.C. Department of Revenue employee last month, and state officials are cautioning everyone on the list to keep an eye on their finances for potential fraud.

The Revenue Department this week dispatched letters to all 30,000 people, apparently the first such episode since the enactment of an N.C. law last fall requiring government agencies to notify consumers when their data are lost or stolen.

Police have not recovered the computer, but the Jan. 10 letter from Secretary of Revenue Norris Tolson said state officials are not aware of anyone gaining access to the data.

posted by Fergie @ 1/13/2007 09:57:00 AM