Confidential data gets taken for a taxi ride

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A global survey of 900 taxi drivers shows thousands of valuable mobile phones, PDAs and laptops are forgotten in taxis every day. Too often the devices are unsecured – and employers are urged to take responsibility.

Businesses are being urged to use the password and encryption facilities available on the recent crop of high memory capacity mobile smartphones to protect the data in the event of leaving the devices in the back of a cab.

In the last six months in London, 63,135 mobile phones... (381 more words)

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