Why Professional Data Destruction Is Important to Your Organization

Data security is essential for businesses of all sizes. A single data breach could cost you time, money, an important client, or a top employee. Data destruction should be a crucial step when you have old or obsolete computer hardware, or when you wish to upgrade your system’s RAM.

The Need for a Professional Data Destruction

Your organization needs professional data destruction for the following reasons.

Standards

Data destruction is not accomplished by removing files from a computer and then passing a magnet over the hard disk. You must adhere to the best industry procedures to ensure that no one can ever again access the secure data on a hard disk.

Cost Savings

Professional data deletion saves you money by deleting sensitive data stored on on-site hard drives. Instead of purchasing 10 additional hard drives to increase the memory capacity of your present machines, you can simply invest in cloud-based storage utilizing the internet you already have. Switching to cloud computing is less expensive (and safer) than extending the RAM of your machines every year.

Legal Requirements

Some industries, such as the legal, medical, and financial sectors, must adhere to stringent privacy rules to protect the privacy of their customers, patients, and clients. Professional data destruction ensures compliance with HIPAA, FACTA, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act when you need to secure your clientele’s sensitive information.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that applies to the majority of health care practitioners, and its regulation. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, (Privacy Rule), establishes detailed rules regarding the privacy, access, and disclosure of protected health information, also known as individually identifiable health information.

The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) was created by the US Congress in 2003. Its declared objective was to strengthen consumer protections, especially in connection to identity theft.

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act mandates that financial institutions (businesses that provide consumers with financial products or services such as loans, investment or financial advice, or insurance) explain their information-sharing policies to their clients and protect sensitive data.

Assurance

Forty-two percent (42%) of online-sold secondhand hard drives may contain confidential information, and approximately 15% may contain personal data. The disks scanned contain email addresses, images of birth certificates, passports, and other personal data, internal office correspondence, and student names and grades from a school.

Expert data destruction assures that your company’s confidential data cannot be located, duplicated, or accessed by unauthorized parties.

Do you have unused, obsolete computers? 1 Green Planet fulfills or exceeds the data destruction standards of the United States Department of Defense. These specifications mandate the use of wiping, degaussing, and/or physical destruction. Call now to schedule a pickup from the location areas we serve.