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Data Destruction

What is data destruction?

A hard drive is a physical object that stores data digitally. This data is stored on a round disc which turns with a needle like a conventional record player. Data destruction can be done on site at the customer's request. Our team uses portable equipment which allows them to ensure that no data ever leaves the premises.

There are 3 ways to make personnal data inaccessible.

1. Formatting the drive using specialized software (free of charge)
2. Physical destruction of the disc (charges may apply)
3. Full disc demagnetization (charges may apply)

Formatting the Drive Using Specialized Software

Today, with the help of specialized software, data can be erased (formatted) in a secure way. The new generation of software that we use erases each part of the disc one at a time (even if empty) several times. Between each cycle, the software fills the disc with new data and then erases them. In this way, if we try to read the residual data, it is mixed with the news that have been put by the software which makes all impossible to read.

Physical destruction of the hard drive

The physical destruction of a hard drive guarantees that its components are unusable and unrecoverable. A hard disk is made up of 3 elements: the aluminum case, the disk and the controller card. Our method of destruction consists of mechanically destroying these 3 elements permanently. No item can subsequently be used or even repaired. The case is deformed, the card torn and the disc is bent so that no data collection center can turn it to analyze the surface.

Our equipment meets the highest industry standard and government demands for data destruction such as:

• NSA/CSS SDDM 9-12v • DoD Emergency Destruction Guidelines
• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Guidelines for Media Sanitization
• NIST SP 800-36
• NIST SP 800-88
• HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act)
• PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)
• GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
• California Senate Bill 1386