Identity theft is one of those things that people either live in fear of or think that it can’t happen to them. It happens every day, particularly when hard drives aren’t wiped clean or destroyed prior to recycling. To that end, many electronics recycling companies have also branched out into data security to ensure their customers’ information will remain confidential.
Corporate Destruction Solutions Inc., a Somerville, Massachusetts firm that will accommodate clients who desire to have old hard drives destroyed. This is becoming a common offering from companies already in the metal shredding industry. The company, operated by brothers James and Phil Saraiva, saw an opportunity when a client was worried about giving up hard drives due to potential data breaches.
“We’ve been focusing on hard-drive shredding for about a year and a half,” says James Saraiva. “Before that, it was all about recycling old computers.”
“When we started this, there had only been a few data breaches,” Saraiva said. “As more and more breaches have made the news, this service has really taken off. Every time there’s a data breach, we get a lot of calls.”
Customer pays around $10 for each hard drive the company destroys. Saraiva claims that the small fee is worth it, considering the alternative.
Currently, the company has a customer base that reaches as far as the west coast.
“If you can’t cover the whole area — we have customers in California now — you enter into a partnership with similar companies,” Saraiva says. “When we steer a customer toward a partner in another part of the country, we earn a commission.”
Source: Computer World
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