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SUMMARY

Unauthorised disclosure of personal information on two discs retained by a contractor
Records	9,000
Record Types	SSN NAA
Breach Type	Unknown
Source	Inside - Accidental
Organization	Department for Work and Pensions
Other Organizations	None
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	NO/UNKNOWN
Submitted By:	jjturner

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Date	Event
2007-12-01	Incident Occured
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2008-08-18	Organization Reports Incident
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SIMILAR INCIDENTS

records	date	organizations
6,000	2006-01-31	Washington State Health Care Authority
7,000	2006-02-15	Suffolk County Clerks Office NY
16,500	2006-09-14	Illinois Department of Corrections
25,000	2006-09-15	Berks County Pennsylvania

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Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
Email | Fraud Se | Hack | Lost Computer
Lost Document | Lost Drive | Lost Laptop | Lost Media
Lost Tape | Missing Laptop | Snail Mail | Stolen Computer
Stolen Document | Stolen Drive | Stolen Laptop | Stolen Media
Stolen Tape | Unknown | Virus | Web

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