News Archive: February 2009
Personal Data Stolen from Denver Hospital
On February 01, 2009 KUSA TV 9 News in Denver, Colorado reported that patient files from St. Anthony Central Hospital were found in a storage unit that did not belong to the hospital. Brandon Michael turned in the documents to 9 News after he had discovered them in a storage ...
Data Breaches Increase 47 Percent in 2008
The Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego-based non-profit group that monitors identity theft, reported 656 data breaches in 2008. This is an increase of 47 percent since the 2007 statistics reported 446 data breaches. The resource center also stated not all of the data breaches for 2008 were reported. ...
40% of drives purchased on eBay contained personal data
A recent study by Kessler Internation claims that 40% of the used hard drives it purchased through the auction site eBay still contained sensitive data - sometimes even corporate financial data.
DDRV Featured in Government Technology TV
EPC recently was at GTC Southwest to demonstrate its DDRV solution for hard drive shredding and IT data security. GTTV interviewed EPC's CEO, Dan Fuller: "There are certain levels of security that certain organizations require... We can drive to their facility and peform [data destruction] services under their care and ...
FedEx Order Tracking not working for some eBay auctions
A few customers have reported problems searching for their ebay auction shipping information through our website. Unfortunately, the component we are using to pull FedEx tracking information is having problems, and FedEx is no longer supporting this component. So while we re-write our search program to use the current FedEx ...
Finding a local recycler for individual dropoffs
Several times a week customers ask, "Do you accept dropoffs of electronics by individuals?" And unless you live in the St. Louis area, the answer unfortunately is, "No." Those in the St. Louis area can drop off electronics at our retail store in St. Charles of course. For everyone else, ...