Data Destruction & Certified Drive Wiping
Effective data destruction is a key part of the computer reuse and recycling process. At PHS we take the security of your data seriously, whether it’s stored on paper, hard drive, CD/DVD or server tape, you can be confident that our destruction processes reach the highest standards.
Removing the Risk
The biggest worry to computer reuse is the fear of data falling into the wrong hands. We recognise that it is critical to remove all identifying marks and wipe all data from your equipment and storage media. Failure to do so can lead to any of the following major problems:
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Breach of the Data Protection Act
Your hard disks or other storage media likely contain confidential, personally identifiable information such as employee or customer records. Failure to properly dispose of this data can lead to liability under the Data Protection Act.
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Dilution of Competitive Advantage
Your computer hardware contains information that can damage your competitive edge. Whether business strategies, product specifications or customer information it is crucial that this information never falls into a competitors hands.
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Scandal
Internal email and other company documents can often be taken out of context and used to publicly damage brands through unwanted press coverage. Whilst this may be unjust, the impact of negative publicity is difficult to undo.
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Computer Hacks
Your data likely contains sensitive information that could be used to breach IT and other security systems. This can lead to all of the above problems and far more.
All our processes are designed to keep your data secure, and to completely destroy it. We operate to 100% data erasure and sanitation standards, removing all identifying features from hardware before redeployment.
Data security is always our priority, where a data cannot be wiped the storage media (hard disk, DVD etc) is physically shredding and recycled.
For more information contact us on 0870 199 5010 visit www.maxitech.co.uk