Dispute Over Data Security Breaches/Missing USPS Laptops Appealed to Arbitration

The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's security breaches of sensitive postal employee data resulting from missing or stolen postal laptop computers. It is the APWU's position that sensitive employee data (e.g. social security numbers) should not be stored on portable computing devices. In addition, the union is asking, as a remedy, that the Posatl Service provide Identity Theft Insurance to impacted employees.