An expose of bad businesses and their unethical practices

For the second time in a month a corporation has revealed that sensitive date has been compromised when a company laptop was stolen (or lost). In this case,  the computer contained pension data of former employees of supermarket chain Royal Ahold, (headquartered in the Netherlands, but doing business here in the US as Stop and Shop, Giant and Tops).

An employee traveling with the laptop checked the device upon discovering that the plane's overhead bins were full. While the computer is "password protected," the data was not encrypted. This is probably of little comfort to pensioners who surely realize that the only standing between their personal data, (including social security numbers, birth dates and benefit amounts) and a chance at identity theft could be the name of the employee's dog.