Data Protection Act for Computers & IT Equipment

The Seventh Principal of the Data Protection Act places a legal duty on businesses to protect confidential information, with fines of up to £5,000 and a criminal records for those who fail to do so. The Data Protection Act governs personal information storage in all forms, both paper and IT based. Whether the information you hold is on computer or paper, you have a legal obligation to ensure that it is handled correctly “from cradle to grave”. If your computers have held any information on either your staff, customers or suppliers you must therefore ensure that it is disposed of correctly and does not fall into unauthorised hands.

By focusing on ensuring the secure and appropriate recycling of office equipment, our service removes any risks that may be associated with the re-use and refurbishment of old PC’s. Certificates of destruction confirming the destruction and eradication of any data from your equipment provide you with piece of mind and certainty that you are complying with the Data Protection Act and that none of your information will be able to be collected by a third party.

All computer hard drives containing even traces of data will be removed and wiped to the highest possible level, leaving no readable data. For further information on our secure recycling and recovery process, please click here.