CONFIDENTIAL DATA Shred sensitive papers. Most recycling and commercial waste
28th May 2009, Page 46
28th May 2009
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companies offer separate sacks for sensitive material. Check up on the contractor you use there have been too many false promises in the waste and disposal business for customers not to reassure themselves as to what happens to their waste.
The same goes for computer hardware. Destroy hard discs by scratching them or smashing them with a hammer. If it sounds extreme, check out the research by Glamorgan University, which involved buying 200 hard discs from eBay only to recover all kinds of trade secrets, compromising data and even hospital records. The previous owners of these machines believed them to have been disposed of safely.