A survey of laid off employees from the insurance sector and other industries has found that 59 percent stole company data when they departed and 67 percent used confidential information to help secure a new job.
The findings were released by the Ponemon Institute research consulting firm in Traverse City, Mich. in a study titled "Jobs at Risk = Data at Risk," based on a survey of 1,945 people who were laid off, fired or quit their jobs in the past 12 months.
Twenty percent of those in the poll came from the financial services industry, which included the insurance sector
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