[Dataloss] Starbucks Loses Laptops With Worker Data

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http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/business/15923874.htm

SEATTLE - Starbucks Corp. said Friday it had lost track of four laptop
computers, two of which had private information on about 60,000
current and former U.S. employees and fewer than 80 Canadian workers
and contractors.

The data, which include names, addresses and Social Security numbers,
is about three years old, dating prior to December 2003, said Valerie
O'Neil, a spokeswoman for the Seattle-based coffee retailer.

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http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/pressdesc.asp?id=720

Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) today announced that four retired
(no longer in regular use) laptops have been identified as missing
from the Starbucks Corporate Support Center in Seattle. Two of the
laptops contained the private information, including names and social
security numbers, of nearly 60,000 United States partners (employees)
and less than 80 Canadian partners and contractors at all levels
employed across the organization prior to Dec.31, 2003.


At this time, there is no indication that the private information in
question has been misused or that the devices are in the hands of
someone intending to misuse the information. These laptops may still
be in the possession of Starbucks, however we cannot currently locate
them. In accordance with Starbucks standards for information security,
the laptops were password protected.

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