Data Drive & Media Disposal

Your data, be it personal or business, is a valuable commodity these days, and everyone has a responsibility to do whatever they can to protect their information.

Failing to dispose of your data properly can result in your information falling into the wrong hands and being used without your knowledge or say-so, which is why you must dispose of it properly.

People with malicious intent could:

• Gain access to passwords

• Gather enough personal information to steal your identity

• Gain access to your bank account(s)

• Apply for credit cards in your name

And many other fraudulent activities that could cause you endless problems down the line.

You may think removing your important files from your hard drive is more than enough, and while 9 times out of 10 it will be, there’s always a chance that someone can find your old hard drive and recover any of the information that was on there previously.

Instead of taking this risk, you should send your old hard drive to a media and data drive specialist, like ourselves here at Doxbond, for it to be securely destroyed.

This way, you can have confidence in the security of your business information and ensure you’re complying with important GDPR requirements.

Before getting rid of your old device, there are a couple of things you need to do to prepare for its disposal.

First, you’ll want to ensure you’ve transferred all your important information (passwords, licence keys for software, financial information, etc) to your new hard drive, or uploaded them to a cloud storage platform – such as Google Drive, Dropbox or iCloud.

When you switch to your new device, your data can be retrieved simply by logging into your account.

All files that you don’t need should be removed from your hard drive before you send it to us for disposal. But this isn’t as simple as hitting the delete key.

Doing this doesn’t remove the data from your hard drive, it only removes your device’s ability to index them, and you’ll need to use a disk-wiping software to make sure everything is properly removed.

Absolutely!

The only way the data on your hard drive can be permanently erased is by professional destruction, where they go through state-of-the-art, industrial shredders. Just like our secure document shredding services, our media and data drive destruction services shred your old hard drive into thousands of tiny pieces, making it impossible to put back together and retrieve any old information stored on there.

For extra peace of mind, we’ll provide you with a certificate of secure destruction (legal proof that your hard drive and the information stored have been destroyed in line with GDPR), and once your equipment is unusable, the materials will be recycled by one of our trusted partners.

Any business that deals with sensitive information, be it finance documents, classified government information or your client’s contact information, will benefit from our secure data drive disposal services.

Here at Doxbond, we work with a range of different businesses – from accountancy and law firms to medical centres, universities and commerce (be it e-commerce or exclusively brick-and-mortar) companies – on a daily basis.

No matter the type of data you deal with, our experts would be more than happy to help you dispose of it in the safest, most secure way possible.

To find out more about our media and data drive disposal service, or for a free personalised quote, give us a call today on 01223 964 379 or send us a message via our online contact form and we’ll get back to you shortly!