Secure data wiping and hard drive destruction
Your old devices hold emails, passwords, student records and client files. We make sure none of it leaves with the hardware.
Our data wiping process
Collected and kept secure
Devices go straight from your site to our secure storage. They aren't left in a van overnight or handed to a third party.
Wiped following NIST 800-88
Hard drives are overwritten and SSDs are cleared using secure erase methods, following NIST 800-88 media sanitisation guidelines.
Checked
Wipes are verified before any device is refurbished or resold.
Destroyed if needed
Any drive that fails, is faulty or can't be wiped is physically destroyed.
Phones and tablets
Phones and tablets are factory reset once iCloud, Google and device management accounts are removed. Please sign out of these before pickup, or ask us and we'll talk you through it.
Why it matters
Deleting files or emptying the recycle bin doesn't remove data. It can often be recovered with free tools. A proper wipe overwrites or cryptographically erases the drive so the data can't be recovered.
At home, that protects your photos, banking and personal accounts. For businesses, schools and organisations, it protects the people whose information you hold, and helps you meet your responsibilities under the Privacy Act 2020.
Worried about what's on your old devices?
We'll collect them and wipe them properly. Pickup is free.