[Dataloss] YMCA laptop with 65,000 members' information stolen

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http://www.projo.com/digitalbulletin/content/projo-20060601-ymca.4420eea2.html

By Steve Peoples and Paul Edward Parker
projo.com and Journal staff writers
Thursday, June 1, 2006

PROVIDENCE -- YMCA officials announced today that a laptop computer was 
stolen last week containing personal information for more than 65,000 
members in Rhode Island, including members of the YMCA of Greater 
Providence and branches in Woonsocket, Smithfield and Pawtucket.

The information includes names and addresses and, for some members, credit 
card numbers, checking account numbers, bank routing numbers, and, "for a 
very small minority," Social Security numbers, the Y said in a statement 
released this afternoon.

The information on the laptop, which was one of two stolen from the YMCA's 
administrative offices on Richmond Street, also includes child care 
information such as the names and addresses of children in the company's 
child care program, as well as personal medical information for the 
children such as allergies and medications.

The thefts were discovered Wednesday, May 24, according to YMCA 
spokeswoman Michelle A. Riendeau, noting that the company waited to 
announce the problem to determine exactly what information was on the 
computers.

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