Stolen Pensions Trust data was unencrypted

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Sensitive data of 109,000 Pensions Trust members contained in a laptop stolen from software provider NorthgateArinso was unencrypted, PP has learned.

A spokeswoman for the multi-employer pension fund said the data was password protected but unencrypted. But she said it would be very hard to access the data The data on the laptop included inf...

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