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Re:Excel pivot table data leak leads to £120k fine for Londo... by LyndsySimon on Monday April 23, 2018 @02:44PM (#16906247)
Is that a problem with the tech industry, or with businesses in general?

I would think that the only acceptable format for releasing information like this would be static - in this case, a PDF.

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Re:Excel pivot table data leak leads to £120k fine for Londo... by United857 on Monday April 23, 2018 @03:10PM (#16906444)
Even with PDF, there is a risk -- there have been some cases e.g. with the US government where sensitive info was thought to be redacted.

However, the people doing the "redaction" just added a black rectangle layer on top of the text, which was easily revertible.

E.g. https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2009/12/09/tsa-bre...

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