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Eight backup computer tapes containing sensitive personal information on about 52,000 university employees had not been returned as expected by a contractor that routinely makes microfiche backups of such data. The company then discovered that it is highly likely that the tapes were mistakenly left by a courier company hired by the contractor at an intennediate stop. in an area where they were collected as trash and later incinerated. The infonnation was not encrypted.
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ME_02072007_johns_hopkins_university_2.pdfMaine Attorney Generalkirniki <a href='/incidents/show/576'>576</a>
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56 2007-02-07 2009-01-19 26 Apr 19:44
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