NORFOLK – The personal information of about 30 clients of Norfolk's Community Services Board was compromised when a case worker's briefcase was stolen.

Video: Information swiped from case worker's car

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Officials say the briefcase was left in the worker's car in a Virginia Beach parking lot on March 24, but someone smashed a window and stole it.

The case worker violated the agency's policy by taking sensitive patient information outside the board's offices, Executive Director George Pratt said.

He says it's unclear what information was in the files but that it likely included Social Security numbers.  However, he didn’t think there was information about patients' conditions.

Pratt wouldn’t discuss any disciplinary action taken against the case worker, but he says all 42 case workers are being retrained on state and federal privacy laws.

The Community Services Board provides mental health and addiction care to 6,000 clients in Norfolk.

Most of the clients are considered indigent or pay with Medicare and Medicaid funds.