[Dataloss] HP leaks Japanese data

[Henry Brown]

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20080301n3.html

HP leaks personal data on Web site

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Japanese unit said it may have leaked the personal 
data of 139,583 people in Japan.

The information included names, addresses and telephone numbers, the 
unit of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and peripheral equipment 
maker said on its Japanese-language Web site Friday.

The information, from questionnaires and seminar application forms, was 
mistakenly posted on a Web page and publicly accessible from Feb. 13 to 20.

The company said the information was accessed, but there have been no 
reports it was misused.