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Strict liability for data breaches?
Mark Rasch, 2006-02-20

A recent case involving a stolen laptop containing 550,000 people's full credit information sheds new night on what "reasonable" protections a company must make to secure its customer data - and what customers need to prove in order to sue for damages.

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Re: Re: Strict liability for data breaches? 2006-02-26
Stonewall
I am surprised by the finding. Disk encryption certainly isn't perfect, but it is another easy-to-implement barrier which i thought would pass the "reasonable man" test in the case of portable computers. I also agree that this amount of data shouldnt normally be left lying around....

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