[runesoerensen]

Yes that's true - The Data Protection Agency see no reason to take any further action in this case. Their assessment is that there is a low likelihood of an actual leak (based on a written statement from the Chinese employee who opened the letter). And the SSI has promised to send such information encrypted going forward.

[adrianratnapala]

If I were a senior official at the Chinese foreign service, and I heard that one of my employees got such a CD and just gave it back to the Danes without notifying higher-ups, then I would want that employee's head.

On the other hand, if I were a senior official in the Danish foreign service, then I would find my life a lot easier if no one was kicking up a fuss about the Chinese.

[mads]

I know that visa office. I am not so concerned about them. That package could have been delivered anywhere.

What I mean is that it is private company handling incoming paper work just like any other company in that building. It happens to be doing paper work for the Chinese embassy.

I am more concerned about who put that information on those CD's and why did those people have access to that information. That information should be treated like a radioactive piece of material.

[roywiggins]

Sending this sort of data through the mail unencrypted shouldn't be legal to start with, imho. It's just a matter of time before it ends up in the wrong person's hands by accident.