In explaining the policy change, Samantha Levine, a spokeswoman for Mr. Bloomberg, said the mayor has supported a number of initiatives that he had not supported before, such as requiring stores to remove cigarettes from public view, in hopes of further cutting youth smoking.

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Large shops and supermarkets must remove cigarettes and other tobacco products from view by December this year.

BBC: Cigarettes on display

"The Remove Hidden Data add-in is a tool that you can use to remove personal or hidden data that might not be immediately apparent when you view the document in your Microsoft Office application, " says the instructions on Microsoft's website.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Warning over Microsoft Word files

Comment below if you have a view one way or the other: should net users be able to remove embarrassing information?

FORBES: Remove Embarrassing Posts Or Leave Them Be?

The behavioral view assumes that employees usually know what they need to do to perform well, and HR should remove any barriers to people doing so.

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