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Association of Corporate Travel Executives advice to business travelers states:
While I don't propose companies hide data from border authorities anywhere, it might be prudent for IT departments to issue 'travel laptops' which are properly secured and only contain the information relevant to the executives task while traveling on that occasion. Any remote access privileges should be strictly controlled and limited to the minimum. The credentials should be issued solely for that trip.
The presence of compromising personal or downloaded data may lead to seizure of the device and detainment of the executive. This could include movies, or other copyright material copied to any digital device. Executives may not be aware of local laws and customs and on occasion they may be diverted to unexpected destinations due to weather, mechanical or other problems.
The 'absolutely need to take' rule should apply to any information transported across borders in laptops or in any digital device.
Given that there are no rules, it is feasible to assume a disgruntled border official could decide to seize your laptop if they didn't like the tie you had on.
Note: Could this be an argument to allow executives to carry high level strong encryption tools so thay can download data at their destination for use in a country, avoiding the risk of cross border exposure?
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