11 million members data lost

@cole Said
Yeah i heard this on the news earlier but at that stage they were still refusing to say just exactly what was on the laptop and how many people it affected - really i think it's very stupid that this type of information was on a laptop anyway, surely this information should only be held by a central database on well protected property

@bendover Said
They have said the data stolen didn't contain PIN numbers, passwords or account balances but it's still very worrying.

I seen a recent documentary where personal details were routinely stolen from off shore call centres and sold to the highest bidder.

I used to work in an area that held data on every child in the country with their dates of birth. I was contacted by someone I didn't know and offered a sizable sum of money to copy that data onto a CD for them. It's so easily done and if workers are under financial pressure the temptation may be too great for some.

Worrying.

@dazzler Said
Very irresponsible of Nationwide to treat their customers with such disregard, especially at a time when Identity theft is at an all time high. They should be charged with 11 million counts of breaking the data protection act and fined a years profit. Imagine that!