SENSITIVE data for a further 1,000 people was stored on a laptop thought to have been stolen from St Albans District Council, it has been revealed.
A review of data stored on the council's missing electoral services computer revealed a file containing the confidential details of an additional 1,000 people, kept to verify postal votes in 2007 and 2008.
District council chief executive Daniel Goodwin revealed the problem to an audit committee tonight, insisting it had only come to light in the last three days.
The authority is yet to inform those residents at risk.
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