Most photocopier companies sell versions of their machines with encryption enabled or automatic deletion of data.

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"It is a little early to be voicing complaints about something that is ongoing, " said Bresson who defended the deletion of data from the documents.

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It covers activities such as the creation, retrieval and deletion of data elements from the cloud and is an open standard for self-provisioning and accessing cloud storage.

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It made my Facebook friends angry, judging from their status updates, deletion of data, and the organization of Boycott Facebook days (via Facebook groups, of course).

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There were signs of mass deletion of data.

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The deletion of the data has been confirmed to the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.

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