Parcel service UPS has encrypted all its UK laptops and smartphones, following a breach of the Data Protection Act last year.
The firm has also signed an undertaking to assure the Information Commissioner’s Office that personal information will be kept securely in future.
An unencrypted, password-protected laptop was stolen from a UPS employees while on business abroad in October 2008.
The laptop, which was never recovered, contained the payroll data of 9,150 UK based employees, including personal, salary and bank details.
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Related: Undertaking.