Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of Department owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys, reported lost, missing or stolen from his Department in each year from 2002 to 2007; the number of these that were later recovered or found; the number still missing; if any sensitive or private data was compromised; the measures in place within his Department to secure such portable or at risk data devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1515/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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One Department owned memory key was reported missing in 2007 but no sensitive or private data was compromised. No computer desktops, laptops or other data devices owned by my Department have been reported lost, missing or stolen. As regards the measures to secure at risk data devices, my Department has a facility in place to immediately wipe all corporate emails and data from mobile email devices should such a device be reported lost or stolen and has begun a process to enforce encryption of data stored on laptops. Moreover, all staff are regularly reminded to be vigilant with any information stored electronically on removable media devices and to ensure that these devices are not left unattended.