Bill Flook reports:
LivingSocial Inc. confirmed Thursday that a laptop containing personal information of a few hundreds (sic) current and former employees was stolen last month.
In an internal email obtained by the Washington Business Journal, LivingSocial human resources chief Jennifer Trzepacz warned that the computer, pinched Oct. 17, may have contained data including names, dates of birth and addresses.
“The laptop was password protected, and we have been monitoring our systems and have no reason to believe that your information has been misused in any way,” Trzepacz wrote. “We’re also taking steps to ensure an incident like this does not happen again.”
Read more on Washington Business Journal. The news report doesn’t mention Social Security numbers, but given that they are offering employees free credit monitoring services, one wonders. LivingSocial did not respond to an e-mail inquiry sent to them requesting clarification on this.