Starbucks has once again lost a laptop containing employee data. In October 2008 the company lost a laptop that contained 97,000 employee's personal data, including Social Security numbers and addresses. I guess that fits in the extra-extra-large cup. Notice I said "once again?" In November of 2006 a laptop containing personal data of over 60,000 current and previous employees was also stolen. The difference is, this time the employees decided to file a lawsuit.
Some employees are saying that Starbucks took too long to notify them about the breach and provide them adequate time protect themselves against identity fraud. Starbucks has offered the employees one year of identity theft protection and credit monitoring, but some employees are asking for up to five years. Some of the plaintiff's have seen evidence of fraud due to the data breach, and are therefore seeking monetary damages.
This is bad news for you coffee drinkers. If this lawsuit is successful, I would expect to see the price of a Starbucks coffee increase. It's going to take a lot of beans to pay for the double blunder.
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Well, at least the customer data wasn't swiped. This makes me think twice about paying for my next coffee with my credit/debit card. That information is what thieves will be after for the next breach I'm sure.
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