for (slice = off >> 5; slice <= (off + count - 1) >> 5; slice++)
                eeprom_update_client(client, slice);
 
-       /* Hide Vaio security settings to regular users (16 first bytes) */
-       if (data->nature == VAIO && off < 16 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-               size_t in_row1 = 16 - off;
-               in_row1 = min(in_row1, count);
-               memset(buf, 0, in_row1);
-               if (count - in_row1 > 0)
-                       memcpy(buf + in_row1, &data->data[16], count - in_row1);
+       /* Hide Vaio private settings to regular users:
+          - BIOS passwords: bytes 0x00 to 0x0f
+          - UUID: bytes 0x10 to 0x1f
+          - Serial number: 0xc0 to 0xdf */
+       if (data->nature == VAIO && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+               int i;
+
+               for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                       if ((off + i <= 0x1f) ||
+                           (off + i >= 0xc0 && off + i <= 0xdf))
+                               buf[i] = 0;
+                       else
+                               buf[i] = data->data[off + i];
+               }
        } else {
                memcpy(buf, &data->data[off], count);
        }
                 && i2c_smbus_read_byte(new_client) == 'G'
                 && i2c_smbus_read_byte(new_client) == '-') {
                        dev_info(&new_client->dev, "Vaio EEPROM detected, "
-                               "enabling password protection\n");
+                                "enabling privacy protection\n");
                        data->nature = VAIO;
                }
        }