It was announced today that a few laptops went missing a little closer to home. Back in December apparently three laptops were stolen from the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan.
From CBC:
The three laptops contained names, addresses, birth dates and social insurance numbers of about 8,600 teachers, most of whom work at elementary schools for the Toronto District School Board.
The computers were stolen from the Waterloo, Ont., offices of the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan on Dec. 3.
The organization provides insurance for teachers across the province. The affected teachers were informed of the theft earlier this week, said a spokeswoman for the non-profit insurance organization.
The local police characterized the theft as a “smash & grab”. This occurred on December 3, 2009. Soooo, why did it take so long to alert the affected parties? Granted there was an element of a police investigation. That being said, why was there two months before the disclosure?
I wonder if they were insured against…sorry, couldn’t resist.
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I believe It is much easy to and more secure to use a secure USB flash drive to keep your passwords and other important data – other than stolen lap tops 🙂