NAID: personal data abounds on ‘wiped’ devices

The largest probe to date of used devices supposedly scrubbed of their data found that 40 percent still retained some amount of personal information. Conducted by the National Association of Information Destruction (NAID), the study examined a random sample of 258 smartphones, tablets and hard drives. NAID hired data security provider CPR Tools to analyze … Continue reading NAID: personal data abounds on ‘wiped’ devices