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BP Loses Laptop With Gulf Residents’ Claims Data

03/29/2011 4:49 pm 0 comments

Source: AP / CBS News

New Orleans – A BP employee lost a laptop containing personal data belonging to thousands of residents who filed claims for compensation after the Gulf oil spill, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

BP spokesman Curtis Thomas said the oil giant on Monday mailed out letters to roughly 13,000 people whose data was stored on the computer, notifying them about the potential data security breach and offering to pay for their credit to be monitored. The company also reported the missing laptop to law enforcement, he said.

The laptop was password-protected, but the information was not encrypted, Thomas said.

The data included a spreadsheet of claimants’ names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers and addresses. But Thomas said the company doesn’t have any evidence that claimants’ personal information has been misused.

BP is offering to pay for claimants to have their credit monitored by Equifax, an Atlanta-based credit bureau.

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