[Gllug] Secure filing system?

[Bernard Peek]

On 16/02/11 13:21, John Edwards wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 01:18:06PM +0000, Bernard Peek wrote:
> <snip>
>> A few years ago I went for in interview for a local government job
>> immediately after a data-loss scare. Apparently all local government
>> offices in the UK had been given a directive on data security and my job
>> would have been to manage compliance. One of the clauses was that
>> sensitive personal data was not to be taken off site at all under any
>> circumstances. Of course that meant that if there was a fire and
>> somebody died then all of the records of their next of kin would be in
>> the ashes. I pointed this out at interview and didn't get the job.
>> Apparently I'm too Bolshie to work for a labour council.
> Someone (you or them) should have known the need for off-site backups.

I knew but I was told that they weren't permitted.

-- 
Bernard Peek
bap at shrdlu.com

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