CS STARS' Missing Hardware Found; No Apparent Misuse Of Personal Data.CHICAGO -- CS STARS, a Chicago-based information technology company, today announced that a piece of computer hardware containing personal information of 540,000 people held on behalf of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Special Funds Conservation Committee has been found and secured. The Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. has told the company that it is reasonably certain that there was no use of any of the data stored on the hardware. The New York Special Funds Conservation Committee is a not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. organization created to defend two funds that are established under the New York workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. law. Last week, CS STARS mailed letters to the 540,000 people affected by this incident. The company offered each person a number of free services (O.Eng. Law) such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. See also: Free and coverage, including daily monitoring of national credit reports for 12 months and $25,000 in Identity Theft insurance. The company will continue to offer these services and coverage to each person. CS STARS says it will follow up by communicating today's good news directly to those whose information was stored on the hardware. Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, the company will not be able to provide any additional detail at this time. |
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