"The Bank of America has revealed it has lost computer tapes containing account details of more than one million customers who are US federal employees. Several members of the US Senate are among those affected, who could now be vulnerable to identity theft. Senate sources say the missing tapes may have been stolen from a plane by baggage handlers. The bank gave no details of how the records disappeared, but said they had probably not been misused. Customers' accounts were being monitoring and account holders would be notified if any 'unusual activity' was detected, bank officials said." [BBC]

Makes you ponder just how safe your personal information really is. You may take care of your information when it is in your control but you have no control over other people or companies who look after it. A company may have a satisfactory security policy when you become their customer, but what happens when they change ownership or sell off the bit of the company with your information? There's a whole load of trust going on and yet we're still at the start of protecting privacy in this electronic world.

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