Personal data on 800,000 job applicants at Gap Inc. were exposed to potential identity fraud when a laptop belonging to a third-party contractor was stolen, the retailer acknowledged Friday.

Gap said in a Web site statement that a laptop containing the Social Security numbers of certain job applicants was recently stolen from the offices of an "experienced third-party vendor" that manages job applicant data for the San Francisco-based retailer.

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