When your copier's time has come to an end, one means of getting rid of it is by recycling. Recycling is an eco-friendly way to handle disposing of the office equipment you will be replacing, but there are some additional precautions you want to make sure to take.
Hidden Security Threats
Many businesses do not realize that their copier is storing digitized versions of everything that passes through. It stores these images on the hard drive, which, if you've never checked, might not be handling these potentially sensitive images very safely. You need to go in and update settings in order for the documents to be deleted permanently or even to enable encryption. This should be done with every copier you own. There is often a wealth of sensitive data that goes through a copier. Business information, employees' private information, client data, and more. If these are all being automatically stored on the copier, you are open to a number of security threats that can be harmful to your business. You might even be violating particularly regulations.
The End of the Line
When you're ready to recycle the copier, you must take additional measures to ensure everything is gone from the hard drive. Even if you've updated settings to shred the memory on the hard drive, it's important to do another sweep to make sure it's really gone. Be sure to check the hard drive and any other memory on the device. You might also contact experts to do a check that everything is gone. A reputable service provider should be able to do this for you.
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