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The laptop with information on prescreened travelers reported stolen has been found and the case might be relabeled the case of the misplaced laptop.

The Transportation Security Administration announced late Monday that a laptop containing data on about 33,000 travelers who applied for a national airport fast pass card was believed to have been stolen from a locked office at the San Francisco Airport in late July.

However, the computer was found early Tuesday in the same company office from which it was supposedly stolen on July 26, senior vice president for corporate development for Verified Identity Pass, which runs the Clear screening program, told The San Francisco Chronicle. The computer, which held names, addresses, and birthdates for people applying to the program, was found in the same airport office but not in its previous location, she told the paper.

“Yes, it was sensitive privacy information, but not the stuff that was most sensitive,” she told the paper, adding that a preliminary investigation showed that information was not compromised.

As a result of the investigation, new sign-ups for the program have been suspended. The program allows travelers to pay to have the TSA verify their identities, allowing them access to special security lanes in airports to avoid lengthy security line waits.