Those employees currently don't have the privacy protection that they have in other provinces, such as B.C. and Alberta.

We think it's a step backward in terms of the protection of privacy intended by Congress by the passage of the Privacy Act.

Executives now understand and support the deployment of more and more sophisticated protection measures. Security and privacy protection expenditures are an important concern for business executives?especially medium-to-large companies that usually rely on Oracle Database to manage their data assets. State-of-the-art security features and avoiding cross-product integration hassles [make] a compelling business case to use Oracle tools and products for security enforcement.

For too long, law-enforcement agencies have hidden behind the privacy rights of [employees] and as a result, this kind of information is rarely presented to members of the community. In some ways, we see our role as standing in the shoes of the community.

We take full account of two main, fundamental rights -- the right to security .... and privacy protection,

We sincerely regret any concern or inconvenience that this theft has caused our employees. Ford takes seriously the protection of the personal information of its employees and will continue to take reasonable and appropriate steps to safeguard it.