It was declared as switch board scrap, but actually the container was full of garbage including 166 dead computer monitors, 89 control panels, broken printers and keyboards, circuit boards and electrical motor parts.
Read more: http://www.techeye.net/business/chennai-india-being-used-as-e-waste-dumping-ground#ixzz0xim6QnfV
By 2030, the obsolete PCs from developing regions will reach 400−700 million units, far more than from developed regions at 200−300 million units. Future policies to mitigate the impacts of informal recycling should address the domestic situation in developing countries.
RenovoData Services is partnering with The Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce and the Edina Chamber of Commerce to provide Electronics Recycling and Free Hard Drive Shredding at the event.
When – August 19th 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Where – Grace Church – 9301 Eden Prairie Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 (map)
What :
Recycling of PC’s & Laptops, [...]
Great post by Evan Francen @ FRSecure
Information security is serious business… It seems that it takes events like the one described here by Evan Francen at FRSecure, to get peoples attention… but wait… “This could never happened to us”…. really?
Victims:
“patients who received medical services at South Shore Hospital – as well as employees, physicians, [...]
Recent studies indicate that the theft of physical media remains one of the most common causes of data breaches.
There are about one billion PC’s in use worldwide. There are an additional several hundred million sitting in basements and attics awaiting disposal. Given average lifespans of only two to five years, a tidal wave of computers requiring disposal sweeps towards us. In the United States, the vast majority will not properly disposed of.
1295 Drives Shredded This Morning, at the customer’s location… “zero” data breach, “zero” landfill. All in all, I’d say it was a pretty good day!! – Please call us or click the “quote request” button on the right side of this page.
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Congress is talking information security seriously. Working on legislation that would impose very stiff fines and possible prison time incidents related to breech of personal information. Here is a clip from SBD, Storage and Destruction Magazine. Follow the link below for additional information.
“House bill 2221, the Data Accountability and Trust Act, sponsored [...]
RenovoData Services is now a National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) member. As you may remember from our last post… we ran into a snag with regard to our NAID membership. The confusion has been cleared up and we have been approved as a NAID member. We proudly put the logo back on our web [...]
RenovoData Services will host a one-day event on Saturday, November 14, to collect and dispose of electronic devices that hold private data. Data breaches don’t happen just to large companies. Think of all the tasks for which you use your computer or PDA—these devices contain a lot of personal data.
Please note, our event is not [...]
