NY laptop theft breaches no data protection rules
Feb 27, 08 Summary: The loss of a laptop containing the files of up to 175,000 Irish blood donors, which was stolen earlier this month in New York, does not constitute a breach of the Data Protection Acts and the encryption on the laptop is sufficient to protect the files, Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner said today...Original article here...
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