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Data Wiping - Avoid Data Theft

Data Wiping - Avoid Data Theft
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How to prevent your data and identity are not stolen.

With the shopping season in full swing even though we are experiencing a difficult time across all industry sectors there is one business that is surpassing even the mighty retail giants in full Christmas swing when it comes to growth, sadly though for many victims the particular industry in question is identity theft.

Combating the risk of identity fraud should be high on everyone’s agenda but some people are still unsure what it actually is. Without putting to fine a point on it, it is literally the theft of your identity both personal and financial. An alias using your identity and financial information could literally drain your accounts and put you into debt into the bargain.

Many people are blissfully unaware of how simple it is to get somebody else’s personal information without too much effort. It is probably far too easy for example do you shred you paperwork or destroy expired credit cards?

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Applying a little common sense can go a long way with a little change in your thought processes. For example the next time you receive one of those annoying “you’ve been pre approved”  credit card offers, before you throw it straight in the bin ask yourself why you are happy to give the chance to a complete stranger to obtain your (all but your signature) completed form. That’s surely asking for trouble.

The risk of identity theft is not restricted to the realms of paper documents though, our internet habits can also leave you exposed. Personally I find it amazing that we can be expected to remember so many different password and user combinations without writing them down. I find this hard but many people will use the same one. It may be only one password for you to remember, likewise there's only one for the identity thieves to find, isn't there?

Un-shredded paperwork and internet activity is not the only way an unscrupulous operator will get hold of your information though. With so much information being held on computer hard drives, pen drives and mobile phones sometimes these are areas of easy pickings for the Identity thief or even random opportunist.

You need to take sensible precaution when disposing of old or unused computers and laptops (or hard drives). Selling them on one of the many auction sites may earn yourself a little extra pocket money, but are you aware that even if you have formatted the drive you have just given away all your personal data. Hard drive recovery experts are only limited to professional companies, the criminal element have access to this capability as well.

Data Recovery Software can be used for its intended purpose to help recover accidently deleted data and formatted partitions, however criminals could also use this to recover deliberately deleted data. One option before donating any digital storage to a charity or for resale is to use a wiping program like KillDisk or eraserdisk, and to be sure the process has worked to use data recovery software to check that nothing of use is able to be recovered.

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If you are concerned with digital theft or the possibility of identity theft then you can arranged to have your drive shredded by a certified contractor or securely wiped which is much more environmentally friendly as it allows for the re-use of the none data holding components. Secure destruction or wiping ensures you get a certificate showing when, where and by whom the drive was rendered beyond recovery and have peace of mind.

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