5 Million And Counting

The White House has lost 5 million emails which is a pretty impressive feat. More worrying is that there is confusion over what is there, what isn’t, and who is responsible. If this had been a company then they would have been hauled up in front of a judge and forced to answer diffcult questions, however governments are a different story and seem to operate on their own rules. When it comes to data loss a government does have a reputation, but there isn’t the competition - you can’t choose to pay your taxes to country X… however it is up to a government to set a standard and precedent which will give give its citizens confidence that, if nothing else, they can look after your information.

Perhaps it is time to have a watchdog for governments and information protection?

May 9, 2008 | Filed Under Compliance, Reputation, data-loss 

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