[Dataloss] NY: Dormitory Authority hunts missing ID tapes

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http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=648817&category=FRONTPG&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=12/20/2007

Data tapes containing Social Security numbers, phone numbers and addresses 
for up to 800 current and former employees of the state Dormitory 
Authority, many of whom live in the Capital Region, are missing.

Employees of the agency, which funds and oversees construction of college 
dorms and other capital projects, were informed of the missing tapes on 
Wednesday via an e-mail that also offered advice on how to learn about 
identity theft precautions.

"UPS is investigating it at their end. We are investigating it to the 
extent that we can on our end," said authority spokesman Marc Violette.

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