Data Protection.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 September 2008

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Questions (278)

Ruairí Quinn

Question:

389 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations where they can be viewed; if a system of whole disk encryption has been rolled out to all laptops in his Department; the date by which he expects a satisfactory security policy on portable electronic data devices to have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32408/08]

Written answers

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy Dermot Ahern)

My Department has issued an Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Usage Policy to all staff of the Department and its associated agencies. The Policy has been placed on my Department's Intranet where it can be viewed by all staff. I can also inform the Deputy that all new laptops issued by my Department are encrypted and that all older laptops were recalled for encryption at the beginning of the summer.