Why A Data Destruction Policy is Important
Here’s why a data destruction policy is such an important policy for privacy officers and security personnel to implement in their organization:
Computer hard drive sold on eBay ‘had details of top secret U.S. missile defence system’
Highly sensitive details of a US military missile air defence system were found on a second-hand hard drive bought on eBay.
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The disk also contained security policies, blueprints of facilities and personal information on employees including social security numbers, belonging to technology company Lockheed Martin – who designed and built the system.
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A spokesman for BT said they found 34 per cent of the hard disks scrutinised contained ‘information of either personal data that could be identified to an individual or commercial data identifying a company or organisation.’
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‘Businesses also need to be aware that they could also be acting illegally by not disposing of this kind of data properly.’
Source: Dailymail.co.uk
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