100,000 Britons have pension data stolen

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Laptop containing highly sensitive data on 109,000 penions members stolen

Confidential data was given insufficient protection The Pensions Trust has confirmed that a laptop containing confidential data on 109,000 Britons was stolen from the offices of its software prov...

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