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Onsite vs. Offsite Shredding: Which Is Right for Your Business?

When it's time to retire old computers, hard drives, servers, and other electronic equipment, one important question deserves attention: What is the safest way to destroy the data they contain? For businesses handling confidential customer information, employee...

The Legal Risks of Improper Electronics Disposal: What Every Business Needs to Know

When a business replaces computers, upgrades its technology, or clears out an office, what happens to the old equipment? For many organizations, disposing of outdated electronics may seem like a routine facilities task. But if those devices contain sensitive...

How Healthcare Providers in New Hampshire Should Handle Old Medical Equipment and Data Destruction

Healthcare technology has a lifecycle. Computers are replaced, diagnostic equipment is upgraded, patient-monitoring systems become obsolete, and medical offices accumulate outdated electronics in storage rooms, IT closets and maintenance areas. But when equipment...

Checklist: Preparing for a Secure E-waste Recycling Equipment Pickup

When your organization has accumulated outdated computers, monitors, printers, servers, hard drives, tablets, networking equipment or other electronics, arranging a pickup is often the easiest way to get everything out the door. But before the truck arrives, a little...

How Schools and Universities Should Handle Old Technology

From Chromebooks and laptops to servers, hard drives, tablets and outdated storage media, schools and universities have more technology to manage than ever. But what happens when that technology reaches the end of its useful life? For educational institutions, getting...

How Often Should Your Business Schedule Electronic Data Destruction?

When most people hear the words data destruction, they probably think about an old computer, laptop or hard drive. But businesses have been storing information electronically for decades - and that means sensitive data may be sitting on far more than today's...

Industry Spotlight: Healthcare

Why Secure Electronic Data Destruction Matters for Hospitals, Medical Facilities, and Healthcare Practices Healthcare organizations have a responsibility that goes far beyond providing quality patient care. They also have a responsibility to protect some of the most...

Industry Spotlight: Finance

Why Secure Data Destruction Is Essential for Banks, Credit Unions, Financial Advisors, Accounting Firms, and Insurance Agencies Financial institutions are built on one thing above all else: trust. Whether it's a community bank, credit union, accounting firm,...

Industry Spotlight: Education: Why Secure Data Destruction Matters for School Administrators, Colleges, and Universities

Why Secure Electronic Data Destruction Matters for Schools, Colleges, and Universities From K-12 school districts to colleges and universities, educational institutions rely on technology more than ever before. Student-issued Chromebooks, classroom laptops,...

Why E-Waste Is the Fastest Growing Waste Stream in the U.S.

Every year, Americans purchase millions of new smartphones, laptops, tablets, televisions, printers, and other electronic devices. While technology continues to improve our lives and businesses, it also creates a growing environmental challenge: electronic waste, or...

E-waste and Apple iPhones

There’s a pretty pervasive rumor floating around that when Apple releases their next edition of the iPhone, they’ll be doing away with some pretty interesting features. Features that have become, over the last 12 years, staples for anyone opening their matte white box...

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Business Data Security Begins With You

While Data Recycling of New England offers free electronic data destruction, with a disposition certificate to guarantee it’s been done properly, as well as physical hard drive shredding, we know that business data security actually begins with you. Business data...

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Securely Destroy Your Electronic Data

It's not unreasonable that before you upgrade to a new device and dispose of your old one, you want to back up and securely destroy electronic data. Your personal information, passwords and deep, dark secrets on that computer deserve to be protected. Businesses, in...

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On-Site Hard Drive Shredding

On-site Hard Drive Shredding Is Coming To You! Did you know that many computer users – home and business – don’t know that they should destroy their hard drives, much less how to actually do it? In fact, statistics suggest that more than 50% of businesses don’t enlist...

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Data Destruction and Information Privacy Laws

Data Destruction and Information Privacy Laws Did you know that when it comes to information privacy laws, the United States is fairly lax? With the European Union implementing GDPR last year, it’s never been more prominently highlighted. In fact, in the US, with the...

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