With Techsteps Datashred hard drive shredding, which shreds down to 4mm fragments, you’ll know that your confidential information is completely unrecoverable and destroyed, with an unbroken chain of custody throughout.
Many businesses stockpile hard drives. Unfortunately, as long as they exist, there’s a chance that the contents can be recovered, and your data could be abused. Despite what online advice about using a hammer or a saw to destroy a disc may tell you, it is possible to retrieve data even from severely damaged hard drives. But we are here to help.
Carrying full ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 27001 accreditation, you can rest assured, knowing we protect what matters.
The irreversible destruction of confidential data is our top priority, and we want to ensure that it never falls into the wrong hands.
That’s why we throw a protective ring around your materials with our unbreakable process:
Reach out to our expert team to discuss your hard drive shredding needs and schedule a convenient service.
Our BS7858-vetted operatives arrive at your location in a GPS-tracked vehicle at the scheduled time, verify their identity, and sign in.
We securely remove your hard drives and either shred them on-site in our specialised vehicles or transport them to our secure facility for destruction.
All shredded hard drive components are sorted and responsibly recycled, ensuring nothing ends up in a landfill.
You receive a Certificate of Destruction with detailed information about the destroyed hard drives, guaranteeing complete data security.
We issue a Waste Transfer Note for your records, providing full documentation of the service and compliance with environmental regulations.
Find out more about our cost-effective on-site shredding services and get a quick quote. Get in touch with us via our form or give us a call on 0330 173 4106
Hard drive shredding can handle various types of drives, including traditional spinning hard drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and other storage media like USB drives, CDs, DVDs, and tapes.
Yes, hard drive shredding is one of the most secure methods of data destruction. By physically destroying the drive, you eliminate any possibility of data recovery, ensuring complete protection of sensitive information.
Compliance: failing to securely dispose of confidential materials could mean non-compliance with data protection regulations, leaving you exposed to potential data breaches and hefty fines. With Techsteps Datashred hard drive shredding, which shreds discs down into 4mm fragments, you’ll know that your confidential information is completely unrecoverable, completely destroyed in fact, with an unbroken chain of custody.
Sustainability: hard drive shredding answers concerns about compliance with WEEE regulations, and with meeting your environmental targets. We not only reduce hard drives and other media into tiny fragments, but we also then dispose of them by recycling and re-purposing them. We never bury them in landfill. This, along with our own company commitments to more sustainable transport and working practices and environments, is part of our own commitment to sustainability that, in turn, benefits you.
Degaussing is a method of erasing data from a hard drive by disrupting its magnetic field, while hard drive shredding physically destroys the drive. Shredding is considered more secure because it eliminates any possibility of data recovery, whereas degaussing may not be effective on SSDs and still leaves the drive intact.
This will be subject to the availability of the service, the volume of products and the type of destruction involved. Typically, all items will be destroyed within a relevant time frame from collection however to find out more please speak to a member of the sales team.
Techsteps Datashred destroys hard drives into 4mm fragments. This level of shredding ensures that the data is completely unrecoverable, meeting high-security standards and providing peace of mind for confidential information destruction.
Techsteps Datashred’s hard drive shredding process is meticulously designed for data safety and regulatory compliance. We maintain a secure chain of custody from collection to destruction, ensuring minimal risk of data breaches. Our certified shredding process reduces hard drives to small fragments, guaranteeing data recoverability and meeting stringent security standards. We operate in full compliance with data protection regulations, including GDPR, and provide an auditable process for documented proof of secure destruction. All staff are thoroughly vetted and trained in data security protocols. These comprehensive measures ensure your sensitive data is handled with the utmost security and in accordance with all relevant regulations.
Witnessing the hard drive shredding process is possible exclusively with our on-site shredding service however recording and visual equipment is not permitted. Due to security protocols at our secure facilities, witnessing or recording is not available for off-site collections. However, for all hard drive shredding services, we provide a Certificate of Destruction to document the secure disposal of your hard drives, ensuring complete peace of mind. Contact our sales team to find out more on 0800 376 4422.
Techsteps is a trusted partner in information management and secure lifecycle services, delivering sustainable, compliant, and customer-focused solutions across the UK.
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