It is not possible to secure your data online.

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"If you are responsible for so many payment card details and log-in details then keeping that personal data secure has to be your priority, " said David Smith, deputy commissioner and director of data protection at the ICO.

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Surely for important business files, only you can be trusted to take the proper precautions to make sure your data is secure, right?

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Folks: if your accounts and your personal data matter to you, use truly secure passwords and back up your content.

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If you think about your financial data and how secure it needs to be, and how perhaps it is not always secure, then the work that banks and their tech teams do in developing web-based and mobile applications is hugely important.

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This is a product that is as easy to use as it gets, and provides a highly secure environment for your company laptops, deterring theft and guarding valuable data.

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The rules cover where your data is stored, how you hire staff, the way employees maintain secure logins, and how customer service reps enter information from calls with customers.

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So instead of throwing up your hands that Web-based e-mail and online data transfers can never be secure, seek out and use the security tools that already exist.

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