What we can do for them is send them a pack of information which tells them how they can prepare for flooding, what to do in the event of flooding and how to recover from flooding because there are some very simple precautions that they should be taking because floodwater isn't just river water, it can be contaminated.

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Another tier of complexity has to do with differences in the information required to send, say, a wire transfer to different countries.

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These bodies do not even keep track of what information they send each other, reducing the chances of catching fraudsters.

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Mr Schmitt says it should be possible for a robot builder to specify what a servo needs to do, rather than how it needs to be made, and send that information to a 3D printer, and for the machine's software to know how to produce it at a low cost.

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When a breach occurs and you were exposed, the company is required to send you a notification letter with an explanation and information on what to do.

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Universities are being paid for using postcode information to target those areas (such as inner-city estates) which do not traditionally send people into higher education.

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Lieberman says that means each store has to send all of those items out to labs to be tested, do paperwork to justify the ingredient and nutritional information for each item to the FDA and then create signage and train employees to use it.

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