“In the case of identity theft , you can seek damages, both in terms of the actual harm suffered as a victim of theft, but also you can seek damages for mental anguish or psychological harm.” … If the real workplace default was ‘no data copy without encryption’, well, that might have worked. If, by design, all memory sticks were locked by a password, well, that might have helped, too. When doing nothing – that is, when using the default settings – can ensure privacy, …

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