The article also said the al-Sarkhi's residence in Karbala, in the Shiite heartland of southern Iraq, resembles an armed camp, with the location protected by dozens of followers armed with sticks and knives.

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It can be part of a self-hosted, on-premise architecture, with all data stored on location and protected behind a corporate firewall.

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The conference took place at a secret location, protected by security guards.

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If IP location details were not protected, the linkage could have been established between Petraeus and Broadwell proving at a minimum the existence of some encrypted correspondence.

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Location data gathered by the phones we call carry around every day is also not well protected by ECPA. While the Fourth Amendment law gives warrant protection against location information collected through a physical trespass, that limitation is weak since other tools can be used to avoid such legal hurdles.

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The mussels, which are protected by law, have been moved to another location on the same waterway and SNH said early indications were that the operation looked like being a success.

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However, this tiny hamlet on the island of Karpathos is the bastion of a distinct culture, protected for centuries from the outside world by its isolation and strategic location.

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Concerns have already been raised about smartphones' location-tracking capabilities, which can reveal users' whereabouts if data are not properly protected.

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"We still believe that if a development of this scale does go ahead in this location, the message is that nowhere in Northern Ireland, no matter how important or protected, is safe from development, " it said.

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