Marks and Spencer has confirmed that a laptop containing information on 26,000 employees was stolen three weeks ago.
The laptop was taken from a printing firm that had been given the personal information in order to write to employees about pension changes.
'It was a big smash and grab job. They took a large number of items and weren't specific after employee details,' said a spokesperson.
The laptop contained salary details, addresses, dates of birth, national insurance and phone numbers, but was password protected.
Two days after the theft, M&S wrote to all staff whose names were on the laptop, warning them of the risk and offering free credit checks as a result.
At first the firm revealed the exact nature of the personal details on the stolen laptop only at internal meetings or if staff made further enquiries to a helpline.
Last week the NHS admitted a laptop containing the names, addresses and bank details of some 10,000 employees has been stolen from a building in Truro, Cornwall.
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