A lawsuit filed last week over warrantless searches of laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders highlights an issue that all travelers, U.S. citizens and others, need to be aware of when entering the country, according to the executive director of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE).

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The lawsuit was prompted by what the two groups contended were the growing number of reports they were receiving from travelers who claimed to have been subjected to such searches. In most instances, the searches were conducted without apparent reason and with no details offered on what information might have been viewed or downloaded by customs officials, the suit alleged.

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Setting aside the personal privacy and legality concerns, just think for a moment how this might impact your bank's GLBA customer information privacy and breach disclosure programs if you have employees involved in international travel with customer information on their mobile devices.

how many things are not kept server-side?

Good point, Ron, but if you're involved with data security for any length of time, you know that just a few rouge rogue users can kill you.

And here I was wondering why there was a thread about looking for laptops in a bookstore...