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   Wednesday, July 06 2011 @ 01:36 PM CDT

(update) Affiliated Computer Services loses or destroys data on 32,000 Kraft
employees

   Thursday, September 20 2007 @ 07:04 AM CDT
   Contributed by: PrivacyNews

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   In response to a request to Kraft to provide more details on a tape lost by
   Affiliated  Computer  Services (see original story), Elisabeth Wenner,
   Associate  Director,  Communications of Kraft Foods sent the following
   statement to PogoWasRight.org:

   "I am following up on your inquiry to Kraft and wanted to provide you with
   some background. As you may know, in early August, Caremark, the company
   that administers Krafts prescription drug benefits program, let us know that
   a  computer  tape  with  the  names  and other personal information of
   approximately 32,000 current and former employees and a small number of
   fewer than 500 of their dependents, was missing. Kraft sent the tape to
   Affiliated  Computer Services (ACS), a company that processes data for
   Caremark. No prescription records were included and the information can only
   be opened with special hardware.

   We do not think anyone will access the information and believe the tape was
   accidentally destroyed. Even so, out of an abundance of caution, we notified
   employees and through Caremark have arranged for two years of free credit
   monitoring from Trans Union.

   We want to emphasize that we do not believe that the information has been
   accessed.  However,  we  take our obligation to safeguard the personal
   information  of  our employees very seriously and we have improved our
   processes and systems.

   I hope this has been helpful and please do not hesitate to reach out again."

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