eContinuity Solutions

The Copier Surprise

eric — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:12:46 +0000

There was a story published recently how copiers contain large hard drives that capture much of the information copied. Talk about an easy way way to do identity thief! Think about your accountant or the copy machine at your local office supply or shipping store and the amount of sensitive information sitting on those devices. Hopefully they all have very solid asset retirement programs in place that include data destruction before the machines are resold to a wholesaler?

I’m curious as to why they put such large drives on these machines. Wouldn’t something smaller have served the same purpose and reduced the amount of available data? Anyway being aware of this and having a plan for data destruction makes sense here as it does for any device storing data.

61 % of the population of the U.S. is now covered by a state e-waste recycling law.

eric — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:01:47 +0000

23 states have passed legislation mandating statewide e-waste recycling. GA, KY,OH PA, AZ and UT have introduced legislation in 2010. Most regulations with the exception of CA make the manufacturers responsible for paying for recycling.

There is a wide variation in the types of goods collected for recycling by state with IL and NY handling the largest variety of products. But the growth and proliferation of new products along with rapid obsolecence means that we still have a long way to go in managing this problem.

Reduce, reuse and recycle still has to be emphasized.

New Blog Just Launched

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:54:15 +0000

Our new blog has just been launched. We look forward to talking with you more and educating everyone about our industry and many different kinds of technology solutions that are available.

Things such as guest blogs are always open so just drop us a line and we’d be happy to comply assuming the content is related.

As always, let us know if you have any questions at all.