Starbucks Employee Identity Data Theft
Another employer responsible for protecting employees information safe and secure has lost the data stored on laptops:
Starbucks loses 4 laptops with employee data
Starbucks Corp. on Friday said four laptops, two of which contained the names and Social Security numbers of about 60,000 U.S. employees, are missing from its corporate headquarters.
The information on the laptops is from 2003, Starbucks (Charts) said, and includes employees at all levels of the organization. A spokeswoman said about 8 percent of the company’s current work force is affected by the issue.
Laws need to be created making it illegal for companies to store employee personal information on laptops (such as social security numbers, birthdates, etc.). It’s just an invitation for identity thieves to pick up a laptop and run off with thousands of peoples indentity.