November 13, 2006 |
Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer |
Starbucks - The Latest Company Missing Laptops With Confidential Data
Starbucks recently announced that two laptops containing confidential information on 60,000 employees and independent contractors have been missing from its corporate headquarters. Notwithstanding the loss, Starbucks deserves an accolade for sending letters to the 60,000 affected persons and has offered free credit monitoring to all of them. On the contrary, however, is the mention that the laptops were stolen from a closet and, allegedly, the files were password protected. So, why were laptops with confidential information on 60,000 people sitting in a closet? We'll let Starbucks answer that.
This makes me think of the obvious. I am sure that there must be some study out there that supports the premise that most people probably become victims of identity theft not because of dumpster diving, but from the theft of data held by corporations. So then why am I shredding all that stuff at home?
This makes me think of the obvious. I am sure that there must be some study out there that supports the premise that most people probably become victims of identity theft not because of dumpster diving, but from the theft of data held by corporations. So then why am I shredding all that stuff at home?