Drive disposal

[ehorne-zY4eFNvK5D9If6P1QZMOBw at public.gmane.org (Bill Horne)]

On 3/22/2010 12:27 PM, jay-R5TnC2l8y5lBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
> I've started looking into some low volume drive disposal, and was curious what options others use.  My main requirments are:
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> 1. Reasonable for low volume, 25- 50 drives every 6 months I would guess.
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> 2. Provide cerification that will pass hipaa requirments.  Basically chain of custody, degausing and shreding.  We deal with a lot of pharma companies, and would like to use similar standards.
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> 3. Resonably local, and allow drop off or local pick up options.
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> My searching online has turned up SEM out of westboro, that meets all these.  And their site quotes a rate of $5 a drive for lots of 26-100. 
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> Anyone have any advice on companies and costs?
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>   

If you're talking about drives that are still usable, you might do
better with organizations or individuals (I'm one) who recycle machines
for low-income users. If HIPAA allows for the "secure erasure" of
drives, then you could save at least some of the recycling cost by
donating drives to these places.

Bill


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