According to The Steamboat Pilot & Today, a laptop containing the Social Security numbers of 1300 past and present employees was stolen from the Steamboat Springs School District.

In the article, columnist Rob Douglas offers his suggestions to the school district and the public alike, regarding how to breach this important issue.

While Douglas requests that the district send out letters to all affected employees, and recommends credit monitoring to those employees, he notes that it is unlikely that the computer will be used for financial fraud.

Unfortunately, there is no absolute way to ensure this. However, the entire situation could have been prevented, had the laptop been equipped with a security program like that offered by MyLaptopGPS. Perhaps the school district will consider this protection now. Though it is too late for their already-stolen laptop, it can prevent future theft and misuse.