P2022-ND-079

The Organization uses the service provider, Brokerlink (insurance brokerage). A BrokerLink employee left a workbag, containing a laptop and a paper insurance application, in their car. On August 26, 2021, the car was broken into and the workbag was stolen. The paper insurance application was not recovered. BrokerLink reported it ?is confident there was no personal information exposed on the laptop. BrokerLink determined there was no risk of significant harm resulting from the stolen laptop because: (1) There was no personal Information saved in any local files or drives on the laptop. Personal information is only accessible by logging into a secure environment requiring username, password and secure VPN connection.
(2) The laptop was password protected and encrypted.
(3) The laptop was wiped remotely on August 26 and there was no evidence of tampering or attempted access by a third party.?