Are your obsolete electronic gadgets being recycled properly?  Is your electronic recycling company actually recycling components or are they being shipped elsewhere?

The Government Acountability Office (GAO) published their findings in the August 2008 GAO Report, Electronic Waste regarding the unauthorized shipping of hazardous electronic waste overseas.  Additionally, CBS' 60 Minutes aired the Electronic Wasteland investigative report on November 8th, 2008 regarding the illegal recycling and shipping of electronic components to China.

D3 Services, Inc. recycles all components in the US and complies with all Federal, State, and local legislative requirements regarding electronic recycling.  D3 Services is the holder of contract GS-10F-0137U, Schedule 899-5, Reclamation, Recycling, and Disposal Services

Taken from cnet news
August 29, 2008 1:54 PM PDT
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CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones

This guest post is from Marc Weber Tobias, an attorney and physical security specialist.

If someone asks to borrow your cell phone, or you leave it unattended, beware!

Unless you actually watch them use it, they may be secretly grabbing every piece of your information on the device, even deleted messages. If you leave your phone sitting on your desk, or in the center console of your car while the valet parks it, then you and everyone in your contacts list may be at risk, to say nothing of confidential e-mails, spread sheets, or other information. And of course, if you do not want your spouse to see who you are chatting with on your phone, you might want to use extra caution.

The “Red Flag” compliance deadline is November 1, 2008.  Is your company ready? 

Dawn Crawford, SPHR, Compliance Analyst, September 2008

The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT), which contains the Red Flag Rules, was passed in 2003, but did not become effective until January of this year.  Compliance must be met by November 1, 2008.

Appeared on Computer America hosted by Craig Crossman
Retrieved September 3rd, 2008
http://computeramerica.com/

Listen to Dr. Roger Hutchison's interview with Craig Crossman

Digital Data Destruction Services. One of D3’s newest services, D3eraSE, provides Tier 4 electronic data destruction service that permanently erases all data stored to a client’s hard drives and/or flash media making recovery impossible and the media reusable. A more secure solution than “overwriting,” D3eraSE is classified by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) as acceptable for company confidential documents and has been accepted by the Department of Defense for media containing data labeled “Secret”.


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