Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad Hard Drive Passwords

From: Dimitrios <sehh_at_altered.com>
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 04:09:19 EST

On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:38:42 -0600 "David Goldman" <David@dgoldman.com> wrote:

> Second, normally only the data is encrypted, not the FAT table or
> the directory information. The laws exist to protect the medical
> records of patients or the names and account numbers of bank clients
> but no law requires the protection of the SIZE of your database or
> the late date of update of your client list. Right?

actualy that is under debate.

even the date of update can be considered personal data, thus fall under
the new data protection act (i'm talking about EU law here).

though the size of the overal database is clearly not personal data.
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