Summary

Losing a laptop is inconvenient, but usually the worst that happens is some finger-pointing and a bit of awkward explaining. Losing an unencrypted USB drive containing client data can trigger a breach notification under HIPAA or GDPR, even if nobody ever plugs it in. And that’s why I recommend hardware-encrypted storage drives. They don’t stop you from losing the drive, but they do make the data on it worthless.

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