Computerworld The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) is warning its members to limit the amount of proprietary business information they carry on laptops and other electronic devices because of fears that government agents can seize that data at U.S. border crossings. The group is worried that corporate data could be downloaded by agents, leading to potential security breaches and the exposure of private information. The warning follows a recent ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that basically upheld the right of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials to search laptops and other devices at U.S. borders without reasonable cause or suspicion. Companies need to review their policies to see if such searches will cause privacy problems for them or their customers, said ACTEs executive director. Other sensitive and proprietary information including intellectual property can sometimes be exposed in such searches, she said. Many companies, especially in Europe, are having compliance officers look at the broader implications of such searches and have begun curtailing the kind of information their executives can carry on their laptops when traveling to the U.S, she said.
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