Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 February 2008
353 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 12 February 2008, the content and detail of the personal information which was compromised from the theft of a laptop of an officer of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6557/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe laptop concerned was stolen from an officer in the Marine Survey Office of my Department. It was password protected. Marine Surveyors inspect marine vessels. Confidential or sensitive information is not required for the purposes such inspection. The personal information on the laptop related, therefore, to a number of owners/operators names, addresses and contact details. It is likely that much, if not all, of this information is available in the public domain. A system was put in place in October 2007 whereby information of this nature is now encrypted on all Departmental laptops and mechanisms are in place to remotely immobilise and wipe any information on any portable data devices lost, missing or stolen from my Department.
