According to the results of a recent poll, 18 percent of consumers would do nothing if they found personal data on a used device they purchased. A quarter say they’d contact authorities.
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According to the results of a recent poll, 18 percent of consumers would do nothing if they found personal data on a used device they purchased. A quarter say they’d contact authorities.
Additional data protection and privacy laws are coming to San Francisco and elsewhere in the Golden State.
An architect’s rendering of the in-progress MCPc facility in Cleveland.
IT logistics firm MCPc is pushing further into the end-of-life device management field and is gearing up to open a large ITAD facility in Cleveland.
Solid state device data erasure is slated be added to the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) certification standard.
Insurance providers already sell policies to protect companies that lose data to hackers. A new partnership involving e-scrap processor ERI is offering coverage for data loss from physical devices.
A recent data security study shows a quarter of U.S. data breaches are caused by human error. Breaches are also increasing in frequency and costing companies more to manage.
The merging of the National Association for Information Destruction with a records management group will mean combined events and cost savings, but it isn’t expected to change certification requirements for electronics recycling companies.
Testimony from a data security industry group appears to have spurred government interest in strengthening regulations preventing data breaches.
The volume of reported data breach incidents in the U.S. hit a new high last year, with at least some caused by improper disposal of information.
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Two recent surveys explored consumer expectations when it comes to the management of recovered electronics.