In a message dated 6/9/2005 6:47:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

The  failure to adequately secure such records, particularly when copies
thereof  are being relocated to another site, is IRRESPONSIBLE.


 
Yes, our system is imperfect.  Juries decide on the meaning of  "adequate" 
and "responsible" all the time.  There is no limit to what we  might envision 
that could happen against which we must provide protection,  detection, 
insurance, reimbursement, etc.  9/11 has turned many Americans  into security 
perfectionists.  Technology and criminality are both  evolving.  Show me the 
requirement and I'll show you a way around it.   Call this the Epsilon-Delta 
process of 
crime.  Businesses typically only do  the minimum that is legally required.  
"Adequate", legally  required protection in 1912 required no more life boats 
than would hold  about 1/2 of the Titanic's passengers.  Police began using 
radar to  detect speeders, then speeders began using radar detectors to know 
when 
and  where to slow down, then radar detectors were declared illegal, etc.   
Disaster, law suits, legislation is an unending feedback loop.
 
Bill Fairchild

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