[QUOTE] [QUOTE="at 08:54:47 on Sun, 11 Oct 2015,"][QUOTE] Second it makes the assumption that the people[1] holding information on you are actually competent to keep it secure themselves. The number of times various branches of government have mailed out CDs, or left laptops on trains etc, ought to highlight the fallacy of that. (and that is before we get to all the high profile hacks that have compromised personal data).[/QUOTE] Actually very few occasions; it just makes massive headlines when it happens. The reason it makes massive headlines is that it is a rare and newsworthy event. If it happened frequently it wouldn't make a para on page 6. Compare rail and road accidents.[/QUOTE] It's a slightly old story, but mentions losses in the thousands: [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/mar/04/2[/URL] And what I hear, it's getting worse, now there are so many smartphones and tablets in circulation.[/QUOTE] How many of them have full uncrypted databases loaded?