Dirks Logbuch

Recommendations For Travelers Crossing a Border With A Laptop or Other Electronic Devices:
1) Carry a laptop or electronic device you can afford to loose.
2) Carry only limited or no proprietary business information or personnel records regarding your employer, and/or employees.
3) Limit your personal information on any computer used for travel
- No personal banking information
- No personal photographs that you wouldn't want made public
- No personal correspondence that you wouldn't want made public
- No personal health information
- No password information of any kind
4) Email sensitive data ahead of time (before crossing a border) so it is not lost if the computer is seized.
5) Ask for a receipt and a badge number of the individual taking your laptop or electronic device if your equipment is seized.
6) Cooperate with Customs and Border Protection officers