[Dataloss] German government says 500 computers were lost or stolen in three years

[Daniel Auer]

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - The German government said about 500 of its
computers where either misplaced or stolen in various administrative
departments over the last three years, prompting calls from the opposition
for better data protection for citizens.

"This requires clarification," said Carl-Ludwig Thiele, the deputy
parliamentary-group leader of the opposition FDP party, which had lodged the
initial request for the number of lost computers with the government.

A spokeswoman for the German interior ministry said that sensitive
information on citizens cannot be retrieved from stolen computers because
they are protected by a security software.

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