Laptop with data about 33,000 Clear card applicants lost at SFO

By at 11:29 am Tuesday, Aug 5

The TSA says a laptop with the personal information of 33,000 Clear card applicants was lost at San Francisco Airport on July 26.
cler-card.jpg The TSA has suspended new enrollments in the program, known as Clear, which allows passengers to pay to use special "fast lanes" at airport security checkpoints.

The laptop belonged to a privately run company known as Verified Identity Pass Inc., which operates the program at 17 airports nationwide.

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