Laptop with Ahold Employees' Confidential Info Swiped -- Again

http://www.progressivegrocer.com/progressivegrocer/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002728627

JUNE 27, 2006 -- QUINCY, Mass. -- In the second such incident to occur this month involving one of Ahold USA's external service providers, a laptop computer containing the personal information of current and former company employees was stolen during a domestic commercial airline flight.

Ahold USA spokesman Barry F. Scher told Progressive Grocer that Ahold here wasnít responsible for either of the security breaches. "We're the victims," Scher said.

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Earlier in June, an employee of Electronic Data Systems who was boarding a commercial flight had checked a laptop containing former Ahold employees' pension information, and the computer was also reportedly subsequently stolen. Current employees' information wasn't stored on the first stolen computer, officials said.

Are you required to check your laptops on planes now?

:shrug:
rocknation

And THAT is idiotic.

A laptop in checked luggage has a slim chance of ever getting on the plane.

We sometimes put HUGE sextoys in checked baggage. When the mouth-breathers see that, they won't steal your stuff because they don't want some perv's s**t.

There is quite a rash of stolen computers with personal id. Looks like this part of a bigger picture but what is the bigger picture?
Could the CIA, FBI, and/or NSA are trying to get personal info on certain people in order to trace them better?

I take it you have never been to Myspace?

:P :P

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The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC, Boston, Massachusetts
Giant Food Stores, LLC, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Giant of Maryland LLC, Landover, Maryland
Tops Markets, LLC, Buffalo, New York
Peapod, LLC, Skokie, Illinois

Retail trade Europe
Albert Heijn B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Albert Heijn Franchising B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Gall & Gall B.V., Hoofddorp, the Netherlands
Etos B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Etos Pharma B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Schuitema N.V. (73.2%), Amersfoort, the Netherlands Eemburg C.V. (82%), Amersfoort, the Netherlands
AHOLD Czech Republic, a.s., Brno, Czech Republic
Ahold Retail Slovakia, k.s., Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Ahold Slovakia, s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Ahold Polska Sp. z o.o., Krakow, Poland


Foodservice
U.S. Foodservice, Columbia, Maryland, U.S.


Real estate
Ahold Lease U.S.A., Inc, Landover, Maryland, U.S.
Ahold Real Estate Europe B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Ahold Vastgoed B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Ahold Real Estate Poland B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Ahold Real Estate Slovakia B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Ahold Real Estate Czech Republic B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
ŽIOS a.s. (98%), Brno, Czech Republic

Other
Ahold USA B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Ahold Nederland B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands Ahold Brazil B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Ahold Polska B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands Ahold Coffee Company B.V., Zaandam, the Netherlands
Solon C.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands
American Sales Company, Inc., Lancaster, New York, U.S.
Ahold Americas Holdings, Inc., Landover, Maryland, U.S.
Ahold U.S.A., Inc., Landover, Maryland, U.S.
Ahold Central Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Ahold Finance U.S.A., LLC, Landover, Maryland, U.S.
Ahold Financial Services, LLC, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Ahold Information Services, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
MAC Risk Management, Inc., Massachusetts, U.S.
The MollyAnna Company, Vermont, U.S.
Ahold Insurance N.V., Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Ahold Investment N.V., Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Ahold Finance Company N.V., Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Disco Ahold International Holdings N.V., Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Ahold België N.V., Brussels, Belgium
Ahold Payment Services, SA, Geneva, Switzerland Ahold Retail Services AG, Klosters, Switzerland
Ahold Central Europe, s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic


Joint ventures and associates (unconsolidated)
JMR - Gestão de Empresas de Retalho, SGPS. S.A. (49%), Lisbon, Portugal
Gestiretalho - Gestão e Consultoria para a Distribuiçao a Retalho, SGPS, S.A., Lisbon, Portugal
Pingo Doce - Distribuiçao Alimentar, S.A., Lisbon, Portugal Feira Nova -
Hipermercados, S.A., Lisbon, Portugal
Funchalgest, SGPS, S.A. (50%), Madeira, Portugal
Comespa – Gestão de Espaços Comerciais, S.A. (49%), Lisbon, Portugal Jerónimo Martins Retail Services AG (49%), Klosters, Switzerland
ICA AB (60%), Stockholm, Sweden
ICA Sverige AB, Stockholm, Sweden ICA Norge AS, Oslo, Norway
ICA Baltic AB, Stockholm, Sweden
ICA Danmark A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
ICA Banken AB, Stockholm, Sweden
ICA Meny AB, Stockholm, Sweden

See the Annual Report 2005

Most shoppers don't know that thinking they are locally owned stores. They are not!

Why is this type of personal/pension information stored on laptops? This makes no sense to me and is a serious security risk that the Dutch don't seem to care much about.

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