by Jason Morris

With  identity theft on the rise, identity verification is even a more important part of your employment screening process. All background screens should begin with a social security number trace.

Thieves Steal Tapes Holding 2.2M Billing Records

Courier violated protocol, taking data home instead of directly to off-site storage facility
By Brian Fonseca

June 11, 2008 (Computerworld) University of Utah officials this week acknowledged that a metal box of backup tapes containing billing records of some 2.2 million patients was stolen early this month from the car of a courier who left it in a parked car overnight outside his home.

The missing tapes were taken on June 2 from the car of an employee of Perpetual Storage Inc., an independent storage company hired by the university to transport its computer tapes to off-site facilities, said school officials. The tapes contained names, demographic information and Social Security numbers of patients of the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics.

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