I used Bestcrypt volumes 15 years ago with great success because the data was being transported around on laptops which could be lost or stolen. Not that the data was all that sensitive but rather commercially sensistive. Given that you are not keeping peoples mental health records or criminal records or financial information then you need to balance the value of the data with the effort to keep it private. Firstly, no one is likely to even want your data. Secondly, by using an encrypted volume no-one could read your data easily and thirdly you wont need to do anything to your VFP app.
privacy data legislation is an odd one. The govt demands access to ALL your data but in the name of privacy demands YOU deny access to that data to everyone else including people with a need-to-know. -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christof Wollenhaupt Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2014 8:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Encryption > > # use a truecrypt volume > That's a good suggestion. BitLocker would be another option. To protect against theft, it's a lot more secure to completely encrypt the drive instead of individual files and make unencrypted copies of them. To control access it's easier and safer to simply use Windows permissions. Let the charity create a user group for those that are allowed to process sensitive data. Give this group access to your member table and do not allow anyone else to access the file. Make sure your application handles the "Access denied" error message that you will get without permission. The charity needs to do some work, as well, like documenting processes and establishing a regular audit. -- Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
