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March 1, 2007

Don’t expect gadget thefts to be insured

Filed under: News, MP3 Players, Lifestyle Computing, Data Theft — Matt Fisher @ 11:46 am

We’ve spent a lot of time on WatchYourEnd.com talking about the threats posed by personal storage devices to corporate data. But it seems its not only the employers who are at risk.

Recent statistics from the UK Government’s Home Office suggest that street crime has seen an eight percent rise which is directly attributable to the theft of ‘personal electronics’ such as mobile phones and MP3 players. Worse still, it seems the majority if insurance policies do not cover theft or damage to these devices (or the data contained on them).

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