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Well, after having a day to think about it, the story seems to have changed
some:

Some snips:

The New York Police Department said the loss also involved data tapes
belonging to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, and the loss was
reported by the driver while his van was parked near a VA hospital in the
Bronx, according to the Associated Press.

Iron Mountain spokeswoman Melissa Mahoney confirmed that a second customer
was involved but declined to identify that customer because those missing
records, she said, contained no sensitive data.

And, although IM didn't say it, the article cited the following:

If the data had been encrypted, the loss of the tapes, even if they contain
personal information, would be a ''nonevent," said Beth Givens, director of
the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a consumer advocacy group in San Diego.

''Companies should know that data should be encrypted before it's shipped,"
she said.

Larry
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Larry Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972

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