Sensitive employee data lost by building society
December 30, 2007
In he latest in a long line of blunders by various organisations involving the loss of sensitive date, it has recently emerged that the Leeds Building Society has mislaid data on around one thousand of its employees. The sensitive data included bank and salary details, and as a result of this loss the members of staff at the building society have been warned to remain vigilant and keep an eye out for any suspicious activity in terms of their bank account or personal information.
The blunder comes just weeks after millions of people were put at risk after HM Revenue and Customs lost sensitive data relating to seven million households. With fraud and identity theft amongst the major concerns for many consumers this type of data loss can cause considerable worry and concern, putting the people affected at increased risk of becoming a victim of fraud or identity theft.
According to recent reports officials from the Leeds Building Society state that there is nothing to suggest that the data has been removed from the building, but have warned staff to be extra vigilant all the same. The loss of information occurred when the building society’s Human Resources team was relocated whilst offices were being refurbished.
In relation to the relocation of the team the building society issued a statement reading: “There has been a significant amount of disruption to achieve this in a short space of time and, whilst every care has been taken, some information is yet unaccounted for in the move from the 1st to the 4th floor. This contains the details you receive on your payslip, some of which is already in the public domain (i.e. on cheques, in the telephone directory, etc). We believe that the details are still in the building and are doing all that is possible to confirm this.”
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