Years ago people took papers home in a briefcase to work on and left them on the train/bus/table at home for all to see. What’s changed except the paper records probably related to 10 people and electronic records to thousands or more.

Brenda Scourfield

Team Leader,

I.T.

Pembrokeshire County Council,

County Hall,

Haverfordwest.

SA61 1TP

01437 775380

From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Trent
Sent: 18 November 2008 00:06
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] How to Take Data Security Seriously

Jethro R Binks wrote:

(My boss draws a great analogy along the lines of "you wouldn't let your

kids drive around in your work-issued car, re-spray it, make modifications

to it, so why do you let them do it to your work-issued laptop?").

Jethro.

One could get even more blunt, Jethro. "If you don't download your porn onto the office laptop, why on earth do you think it's right to load our data onto your home machine?"

Homeworkers must be correctly provided for. It is not a "cheap solution", to have folk work from home, it's a cost effective solution and a set of sensible logistics for a dispersed workforce, but they must, as you say, be correctly equipped.

Tim Trent - Consultant
Tel: +44 (0)7710 126618
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