The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is alerting members and clients that a computer containing their data was stolen from its offices, reports The Australian. The records include names, addresses, phone numbers and birth dates of 66,000 people, and while it was behind three tiers of password protection, the hard drive was not encrypted. The AICD says that the risk of thieves accessing the data is low, and the information is mostly publicly available, but it is working with the authorities on an investigation. The AICD has also consulted the privacy commissioner and is "following his best practice guidelines," said the AICD's chief executive.
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