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On 29/04/2013 21:29, Martijn Grooten wrote:
I recall one occasion when companies keeping backups of customer data was a seriously bad idea. The email server crashed at the ISP I worked for, and they put the backup into service *without wiping the mail it already had on it*. I ended up apologising profusely to someone who had just received an email from their boyfriend who had died three weeks earlier. Needless to say she was very upset and it took a lot of explaining.On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 3:34 PM, bad apple<mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/nick-clegg-kills-off-snoopers-charter-114390?ModPagespeed=noscript Good grief, Nick Clegg has decided to man up for once and veto the Draft Communications Data Bill, which as Deputy PM, he has the actual power to do. Now that is an unexpected bit of good news from an unexpected source. Now if only we could roll back some more of the recent Big Brother legislation...Meanwhile, on the other side of the Pond, people don't have to worry about keeping back-ups, as companies are required to do that for you: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/04/fines-wiretap-noncompliance/ Martijn.
99% of the time backups are the best policy, but there is always the 1% which can come back to bite you on the posterior.
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