[Dataloss] Pension data loss could put DCH employees, retirees at risk

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http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070405/TL01/70405018/-1/NEWS03

The social security numbers and other personal identification data of 
6,000 DCH Health System employees are missing raising concerns about the 
possibility of identity theft.

An encrypted disc and hardcopy documents containing the personal 
identification information were lost by a consultant company -- Mercer 
Human Resources Consulting -- that reviews the DCH pension plan to 
determine the annual employer contribution requirements.

Neither Mercer nor DCH were aware of any of the information being accessed 
or illegally misused.

Mercer notified DCH on March 22 that a package of documents containing 
retirement benefit information had disappeared. The pension documents had 
been mailed from Mercer offices in Birmingham March 2, but disappeared 
after reaching its intended destination in Louisiana.

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