It is illegal in Oregon to dispose of computers, monitors and TVs in the garbage or at disposal sites such as landfills, incinerators and transfer stations. Anyone knowingly disposing of these items can be fined..
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How to prepare your computer for Recycling or Disposal
Disclaimer: Customers are responsible for the removal of sensitive data from their hard drives and other storage media before collection, alternatively you may choose our certified data destruction service.
When readying a computer for recycling or disposal, you should clean your computers hard drive. Back up al your important information first. You don’t want to loose thouse valuable family photos.
First, be sure to clean off the hard drive by completely wiping all old data. Acronis Privacy Expert Suite includes a tool called Acronis Drive Cleanser, but there are others as well. If you are up for the chalange to wipe your own hard drive before donating it, you can use one of these free software to do so Wipe is a good one, Eraser is also easy to use and Boot and Nuke (a.k.a. DBAN) is also very popular
Many people don’t even bother to delete their files. Just simply formating or deleting doesn’t prevent any body with a litle knowledge and free downlaodable disk recovery utility software from the internet to read what was on the disk.
The Hard drive cleaning software program overwrites the entire disk with a bit pattern or patterns and does it repeatedly. Depending on how many times you overwrite your data, you can make it virtually impossible for anyone, to find out what was on the disk. Here is a tip, before your run your favorite hard drive cleaning software do a quick format first, this will save you at least a hour in time. The hard drive uitility software will clean a hardrive in one to four hours depending on the size of the hard drive
Never through your old hard drive in the trash as it contain hazardous materials. A computer that is obsolete to you can be very useful to someone else. Even if the system is broken, it probably contains many parts that can be salvaged and re-used, such as gold! In addition, computers are prolific sources of hazardous substances. It is ecologically better to keep them out of landfills for as long as possible.
Security Tek also offers secure data descriction, if you are concerned about protecting your identity and effectively removing your personal data, we offer a guaranteed and certified data removal service. Please note that this service is only done upon request at an additional cost of $15.00 per hard drive. Once completed a certificate will be issued upon request. Our data removal/destructions are complaint with the United states department of defense standards and will ensure that your sensitive data remains confidential
Government agencies and financial institutions, such as banks or lending companies, are required to remove information according to the standards set by the Department of Defense.
Hard Drive Data Destruction
Secure Hard Drive Data Destruction (PC). On-site or Off-site data destruction options available, choose below. We will destroy your hard-drive while you watch at your workplace or residence. Secure Data Destruction from Hard Drives, Magnetic and Solid-State Memories.
$10.00 — $17.00
Certified Hard Drive Data Destruction Volume Pricing Discount
On-site |
Off-site |
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| 1 | to | 1 | = | $17.00 each | $10.00 each |
| 2 | to | 5 | = | $15.30 each | $9.00 each |
| 6 | to | 10 | = | $14.45 each | $8.50 each |
| 11 | to | 25 | = | $13.60 each | $8.00 each |
| 26 | to | 50 | = | $8.50 each | $5.00 each |
| 51 | to | 999 | = | $6.80 each | $4.00 each |
Security Standards
Comply with privacy laws such as SOX, GLB, Patriot Act, HIPPA, FACTA, FCRA and state laws
Why do you need Data Security
Most people have private files and data that they would rather not share with others – Banking information, Passwords, Classified documents, Medical records, Financial record backups, Private Family photo’s the list can be continued forever. Prevention is always a better opition…
By Law Government agencies and financial institutions like banks or lending companies are required to remove information to Department of Defense standards.
What happens after you scheduled your Data Destruction Pickup?
- You will get an automated response email to let you know that your pickup request was successful
- The online system will notify us about your pickup request, and it will be processed in the order that it was received.
- We will be contacting you through email/phone if there are any problems/changes regarding your pick-up
- We will pick up your items on the day you’ve requested. Keep in mind that we now service the whole Portland Metropolitan and Vancouver Area. This means that we will group pick-ups together to keep prices as low as possible for our customers. For this reason it is not possible for us to accurately predict when the actual pickup will take place. However, it will typically happen on the day that you requested (excluding weekends and holidays) We will be in touch with the details, and your patience in this respect will be greatly appreciated.
- We prefer that you leave your item(s) outside on the day of pick-up for your convenience (you don’t have to be home and we don’t have to knock on your door)
Please see our FAQ for more information
We strive for 100% customer satisfaction. We want your recycling experience to be as easy, inexpensive and painless as possible.
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