19th Dec 08 Credant, the military grade endpoint encryption specialist, says that the privacy storm over a stolen laptop and hundreds of intimate pictures of the Duchess of York's family, could have been avoided with a little IT security and forward planning.
"Newspaper reports that a laptop containing pictures of the Duchess, together with photos of her two daughters and ex-husband Prince Andrew was stolen from a photographic studio is a severe privacy invasion that simply should not have happened," said Michael Callahan, Credant's senior vice president and chief marketing officer.
"Given the fact that the Royal Family was involved with the pictures held on this laptop, the data should have been encrypted - full stop.
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Published: 18 December 2008
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Written by NStinchcombe
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