Comments on: Lost Laptop Follies, Part 3 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/ The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:08:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Steve R. http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-35781 Steve R. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:20:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-35781 Forbes Magazine, Sept. 7, 2006, ran an article: <i>"Laptop Hall of Shame"</i>. While this article details, as you note, government laptop faux pas; it also goes into detail concerning the lack of corporate data laptop security. Robert Ellis Smith, of Forbes, wrote: <i>"The monthly newsletter I publish, Privacy Journal, reported 24 serious instances of Social Security numbers and other sensitive data compromised through stolen or lost laptops in 2006. The newsletter called it the "Lost or Stolen Laptops Hall of Shame." And we still have four months left in 2006. There were at least ten incidents during the final four months of 2005. <b>All these incidents involved companies that handle personal information routinely. (Apparently too routinely!)</b>"</i> (emphasis added) Clearly, the lack of security is not just a government problem, it is a universal problem. In developing a policy responsive to this issue we need to also acknowledge in any proposed policy the failure of corporations to take proactive action. Forbes Magazine, Sept. 7, 2006, ran an article: “Laptop Hall of Shame”. While this article details, as you note, government laptop faux pas; it also goes into detail concerning the lack of corporate data laptop security. Robert Ellis Smith, of Forbes, wrote: “The monthly newsletter I publish, Privacy Journal, reported 24 serious instances of Social Security numbers and other sensitive data compromised through stolen or lost laptops in 2006. The newsletter called it the “Lost or Stolen Laptops Hall of Shame.” And we still have four months left in 2006. There were at least ten incidents during the final four months of 2005. All these incidents involved companies that handle personal information routinely. (Apparently too routinely!)“ (emphasis added) Clearly, the lack of security is not just a government problem, it is a universal problem. In developing a policy responsive to this issue we need to also acknowledge in any proposed policy the failure of corporations to take proactive action.

]]> By: Steve R. http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-53050 Steve R. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:20:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-53050 Forbes Magazine, Sept. 7, 2006, ran an article: <i>"Laptop Hall of Shame"</i>. While this article details, as you note, government laptop faux pas; it also goes into detail concerning the lack of corporate data laptop security. Robert Ellis Smith, of Forbes, wrote: <i>"The monthly newsletter I publish, Privacy Journal, reported 24 serious instances of Social Security numbers and other sensitive data compromised through stolen or lost laptops in 2006. The newsletter called it the "Lost or Stolen Laptops Hall of Shame." And we still have four months left in 2006. There were at least ten incidents during the final four months of 2005. <b>All these incidents involved companies that handle personal information routinely. (Apparently too routinely!)</b>"</i> (emphasis added) Clearly, the lack of security is not just a government problem, it is a universal problem. In developing a policy responsive to this issue we need to also acknowledge in any proposed policy the failure of corporations to take proactive action. Forbes Magazine, Sept. 7, 2006, ran an article: “Laptop Hall of Shame”. While this article details, as you note, government laptop faux pas; it also goes into detail concerning the lack of corporate data laptop security. Robert Ellis Smith, of Forbes, wrote: “The monthly newsletter I publish, Privacy Journal, reported 24 serious instances of Social Security numbers and other sensitive data compromised through stolen or lost laptops in 2006. The newsletter called it the “Lost or Stolen Laptops Hall of Shame.” And we still have four months left in 2006. There were at least ten incidents during the final four months of 2005. All these incidents involved companies that handle personal information routinely. (Apparently too routinely!)“ (emphasis added) Clearly, the lack of security is not just a government problem, it is a universal problem. In developing a policy responsive to this issue we need to also acknowledge in any proposed policy the failure of corporations to take proactive action.

]]> By: Michele Kunze http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-35780 Michele Kunze Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:53:22 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-35780 I flew from American Airlines on 9/9/06 from LaGuardia to ORD. I checked 2 bags. When I got home and opened the bags, where I had stored my computer laptop there was a notice saying "NOTICE OF BAGGAGE INSPECTION". My Laptop was gone. I called TSA on 9/10 AM. I filled out a form. I heard from them Nov. 3. They are offering me $312.85. The computer cost me $1,400. The letter asks me to check one of 2 boxes: "I ACCEPT this offer" OR "I REJECT this offer completely and do not wish to negotitate a settlement. I understand that by checking this option, my administrative claim will be denied" Do you know of a lawsuit against TSA??? I flew from American Airlines on 9/9/06 from LaGuardia to ORD. I checked 2 bags. When I got home and opened the bags, where I had stored my computer laptop there was a notice saying “NOTICE OF BAGGAGE INSPECTION”. My Laptop was gone. I called TSA on 9/10 AM. I filled out a form. I heard from them Nov. 3. They are offering me $312.85. The computer cost me $1,400. The letter asks me to check one of 2 boxes: “I ACCEPT this offer” OR “I REJECT this offer completely and do not wish to negotitate a settlement. I understand that by checking this option, my administrative claim will be denied”

Do you know of a lawsuit against TSA???

]]> By: Michele Kunze http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-53049 Michele Kunze Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:53:22 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-53049 I flew from American Airlines on 9/9/06 from LaGuardia to ORD. I checked 2 bags. When I got home and opened the bags, where I had stored my computer laptop there was a notice saying "NOTICE OF BAGGAGE INSPECTION". My Laptop was gone. I called TSA on 9/10 AM. I filled out a form. I heard from them Nov. 3. They are offering me $312.85. The computer cost me $1,400. The letter asks me to check one of 2 boxes: "I ACCEPT this offer" OR "I REJECT this offer completely and do not wish to negotitate a settlement. I understand that by checking this option, my administrative claim will be denied"<br><br>Do you know of a lawsuit against TSA??? I flew from American Airlines on 9/9/06 from LaGuardia to ORD. I checked 2 bags. When I got home and opened the bags, where I had stored my computer laptop there was a notice saying “NOTICE OF BAGGAGE INSPECTION”. My Laptop was gone. I called TSA on 9/10 AM. I filled out a form. I heard from them Nov. 3. They are offering me $312.85. The computer cost me $1,400. The letter asks me to check one of 2 boxes: “I ACCEPT this offer” OR “I REJECT this offer completely and do not wish to negotitate a settlement. I understand that by checking this option, my administrative claim will be denied”

Do you know of a lawsuit against TSA???

]]> By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-35779 Luis Villa Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:30:50 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-35779 So Adam, where is the post when <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061103/ap_on_bi_ge/starbucks_missing_laptops" rel="nofollow">private industry loses ten times that many names and socials?</a> I'm not trying to minimize the problem when government does this, but your framing makes it sound as if this is merely a government problem- which is manifestly untrue, and has policy implications. So Adam, where is the post when private industry loses ten times that many names and socials? I’m not trying to minimize the problem when government does this, but your framing makes it sound as if this is merely a government problem- which is manifestly untrue, and has policy implications.

]]> By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-53048 Luis Villa Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:30:50 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/03/lost-laptop-follies-part-3/#comment-53048 So Adam, where is the post when <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061103/ap_on_bi_ge/starbucks_missing_laptops" rel="nofollow">private industry loses ten times that many names and socials?</a> I'm not trying to minimize the problem when government does this, but your framing makes it sound as if this is merely a government problem- which is manifestly untrue, and has policy implications. So Adam, where is the post when private industry loses ten times that many names and socials? I’m not trying to minimize the problem when government does this, but your framing makes it sound as if this is merely a government problem- which is manifestly untrue, and has policy implications.

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