Scrapitout.com Making Data Destruction Services a Priority

“Over the past few years, data retention has become a critical issue for corporations as they take steps to comply with complicated legislation—particularly, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. While companies struggle to keep up with data retention requirements there still seems to be a tendency to ignore the flip side of the coin: data destruction.” Said Phil Kuhlenbeck, owner of www.scrapitout.com, a computer recycler and data destruction service company based in Austin, Texas.

New federal laws, in the United States, require, "disposal practices that are reasonable and appropriate to prevent the unauthorized access to—or use of—information in a consumer report."

Improper Data Destruction makes it easy for Identity Thieves to gain access to your private information and exploit it. 100% Data Destruction is necessary of hard drives, microfilm, tapes, paper, CDs, DVDs or any other type of data storage device.
Kuhlenbeck goes on to say, “If the data is valuable enough, like client records, someonego will go to extraordinary lengths to recover that information. So the end result of all data destruction should be to deny unauthorized access to any and all information.”

When it comes to policy and practice, companies often overlook paper as a form of media. However, it's vital to include this category in your overall data destruction strategy.

Stop throwing away reports and sticky notes, and start destroying them. Take steps to destroy all documents and handwritten notes produced as a part of your business as soon as they are no longer necessary to your business. This includes total destruction of hard drives, microfilm, tapes, paper, CDs, DVDs or any other type of data storage device.

Based in Austin, Texas Scrap It Out, LLC and Scrapitout.com handles the proper disposal of information and records to protect against unauthorized access or use of private information as well as environmentally friendly computer disposal technologies for organizations, businesses and government agencies of any size.

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