The personal information of 13,000 individuals who had filed compensation
claims with BP after last year's disastrous oil spill may have been
potentially compromised after a laptop containing the data was lost by a
BP employee.
The information, which had been stored in an unencrypted fashion on the
missing computer, included the names, Social Security numbers, addresses,
phone numbers, and dates of birth of those who filed claims related to the
Deepwater Horizon accident.
BP said in a statment that the personal information had been stored in a
spreadsheet maintained by the company for the purposes of tracking claims
arising from the accident. "The lost laptop was immediately reported to
law enforcement authorities and BP security, but has not been located
despite a thorough search," BP said on Tuesday.
The information was part of a claims process that was implemented before
BP had established its Gulf Coast Claims Facility.
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