Disk With Personal Data On All Ohio State Workers Stolen From Employee's Car

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ A disk carrying the Social Security numbers and other personal information on all of the state's employee was stolen from a state worker's car last weekend, Gov. Ted Strickland

Friday, June 15th 2007, 9:42 am

By: News On 6

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ A disk carrying the Social Security numbers and other personal information on all of the state's employee was stolen from a state worker's car last weekend, Gov. Ted Strickland said Friday.

Strickland said it takes special equipment to access the information on the disk, so he doesn't believe the workers' privacy is in jeopardy.

It was just the latest case of personal information on thousands of employees disappearing or being inappropriately accessed. Several universities and even the Veterans Affairs Department have reported lost or stolen data.