A modest data proposal.Byline For the use of the term in football (soccer), see Byline (soccer). The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, and often the position, of the writer of the article. : The Register-Guard Starbucks Corp. is the latest in a long line of companies and government agencies to lose laptop computers A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. containing private information. Starbucks' laptops contained data on 60,000 current and former employees. Earlier this year, a laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer and external hard drive containing information on 26.5 million veterans were stolen from the home of a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. employee. Such incidents typically result in calls for investigations and high- tech solutions. Here's a modest, decidedly untechnical suggestion: Stop loading private data on laptops that can easily be lost or stolen. And, whenever possible, stop allowing employees to remove computers, external drives and other devices containing data from workplaces. Such simple measures would not always be practical or effective. And, yes, there are other ways of accessing and moving data. But a dose of common sense just might help keep stolen or misplaced mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. laptops from compromising privacy. |
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