100,000 Britons have pension data stolen
The Pensions Trust has confirmed that a laptop containing confidential data on 109,000 Britons was stolen from the offices of its software provider, NorthgateArinso. `The laptop contained data from 2007, including names, addresses, National Insurance numbers, salary details and in some cases bank details. The data was not encrypted, but the laptop had password protection.
"I can confirm that The Pensions Trust has now withdrawn access to personal member data from NorthgateArinso and has also instructed them to delete any existing personal member data they hold," said Lynda Howe, chair of Verity Trustees, which owns The Pensions Trust's assets.
The Pensions Trust has apologised for the loss of the information and written to all people affected. It has also appointed CIFAS, the UK's fraud prevention service, to provide additional safeguards for those affected.
