Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures or policies that have been implemented to prevent loss of private data from laptops, blackberries and other hand-held devices in his Department; if he is satisfied that all personal information held within his Department is secure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35671/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is currently implementing encryption of portable laptop and memory stick electronic data devices. All corporate emails and data can be immediately erased from mobile email devices should such a device be reported lost or stolen. Blackberries are not used by my Department.

I am satisfied that all personal information is protected from both external and internal threats. Modern firewall infrastructures protect electronic data from external threats. Within my Department's IT infrastructure, all of the databases are protected from unauthorised access through the use of individual access permissions and such access is carefully controlled.