If you decide to throw away, get rid of, gift, donate, sell, or dispose of your old computer, laptop, or any device, you need to follow a few guidelines to keep your identity and data safe. In this ...

Eventually, everyone replaces computer equipment. No matter how the equipment is disposed of – giving or selling it to another user, recycling parts, or sending it to the electronic junk yard – any ...

Computers and phones – electronic devices that can use a processor and an operating system to automatically or manually store data inside them fall into this category Digital Media – an example could ...

When it finally comes time to retire an old laptop, it can feel like saying goodbye to an old friend. Unfortunately, this old friend has all your passwords and personal information in their head… and ...

These are the steps you should take before passing off your PC to someone else or disposing of it entirely. Secure PC disposal is a big deal. Companies want to ensure no data escapes from their ...

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An important and often overlooked part of the information life cycle involves proper destruction. When information is no longer needed, or has reached the end of its retention period, you must ...

Macworld reader Phil wisely asks how to erase securely the data on old Macs and external drives before sending them off to electronics recycling centers. He asks about hard disk drives (HDDs), ...