BP Loses SSNs for everyone suing them

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Submission + - BP Loses SSNs for everyone suing them (cnn.com)

Submitted by Oxford_Comma_Lover on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @08:45PM

Oxford_Comma_Lover writes: CNN Reports that BP lost a laptop with the name, address, DOB, and SSNs of everyone who filed claims related to the big oil spill last year. In other words, everyone asking for money from them based on the spill just got their private info misplaced. There has been no allegation of bad faith.

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