Safeguarding America’s Information and Your Security
Identity theft incidents are increasing at an exponential rate – an individual’s identity can be recreated from seemingly innocuous information stored on his or her computer. Here are some important facts that everyone should be aware of:
Last year, identity theft occurrences increased 79 percent.
Almost 10 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2008.
Identity theft affects approximately one in every 30 Americans.
The cost of identity theft to U.S. corporations over the past five years is estimated at $60 billion.
It takes an average of more than 200 hours for an individual to repair and recover from the damage done by identity theft.
A group of MIT students purchased “clean” hard drives on eBay that contained 5,000 credit card numbers.
Today’s consumers and businesses must consider carefully how they will dispose of or recycle their used computers, PDAs and cell phones. With the growing desire for green solutions, and increasing government regulations most individuals and businesses are on the lookout for safe recycling, or at least environmentally safe disposal. But most don’t know how to accomplish this. Simple deletion of files does not work; identity thieves still can retrieve sensitive information from the hard drives. Our proprietary, patented and guaranteed solutions will erase all sensitive information, removing every trace of data from a computer’s hard drive or the memory drives of other devices. Our solutions guarantee safe reuse, recycling or disposal of computers and other electronics; enabling consumers to use responsible, environmentally sound “end of life” solutions for their devices.
The Threat Is Very Real
Today’s consumers and businesses must consider carefully how they will dispose of or recycle their used computers, PDAs and cell phones. With the growing desire for green solutions, and increasing government regulations most individuals and businesses are on the lookout for safe recycling, or at least environmentally safe disposal. But most don’t know how to accomplish this. Simple deletion of files does not work; identity thieves still can retrieve sensitive information from the hard drives. Our proprietary, patented and guaranteed solutions will erase all sensitive information, removing every trace of data from a computer’s hard drive or the memory drives of other devices. Our solutions guarantee safe reuse, recycling or disposal of computers and other electronics; enabling consumers to use responsible, environmentally sound “end of life” solutions for their devices.