Hard Drive Degaussers – Safely Erase Your
Hard Drives and Tapes Before You Dispose Them
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Hard drive degaussers – Using a hard drive degausser is the safest way to erase all data from a hard drive.
Today's requirements for protecting sensitive data have never been more rigid. Whether it is personal medical information, personal information, personal/business financial information, company confidential information, legal information or public safety information, it's critical all data is completely erased before discarding or recycling video tapes, data tapes, hard drives, computers or any magnetic media.
Strict Local, State and Federal legislation has been implemented to protect the information of consumers, employees and businesses when disposing of IT equipment. It is common today to hear about instances of private or confidential data being found on IT equipment that has been returned, donated, sold or disposed of.
Degaussing will permanently erase the information from hard drives and data tape in seconds, preventing the unauthorized retrieval of data. Degaussing will also permanently erase the data from non-functioning hard drives and data tape allowing the media to be safely returned to the manufacturer or to be disposed of. Utilizing one of our degaussers will guarantee your information is protected, and your data is safely and completely erased.
Data destruction is required whenever storage media changes hands from corporate ownership to the secondary market. Because hard drives and other forms of storage media often contain sensitive information pertaining to a company's clients or customers, all data must be destroyed to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. Failure to do so is a breach of confidentiality and can place the company at risk of facing financial liability legal prosecution, and public disgrace.
Watch the video below to learn about special report done by CBS News about what can happen if you do not degauss your hard drives and tapes before gettting rid of them. This report focuses on the copy machine's hard drive storing all images. Think about all the documents you copy, protect yourself before returning your copier back to your leasing company and safely degauss the hard drive to remove all data from the hard drive.