Cell Phone Destruction: If You’ve Been Wondering Why it’s Necessary, Take a Look

If you’re like the majority of our population, your mobile phone is an extension of your body. It is simply vital to daily and business life; simply put, it is a component that is relied on to perform and conduct day-to-day business matters such as meetings.

Once a cell phone is replaced, it’s important to be aware of the fact that the old handset and SIM card still contains crucial, confidential information on it. To ensure that this sensitive data is secured and safe from landing into the wrong hands, taking the initiative to have your mobile phone securely destroyed by a professional is your best option.

Information Fraud

Remember that removing a SIM card from an old phone doesn’t delete the information stored on the phone. In the same sense, when you manually clear data from a handset, you might not get rid of everything. Today’s hackers and fraudsters are extremely savvy and knowledgeable, and can quickly retrieve data from cell phones that have been manually cleared.

Using a special wiping program can sometimes improve security levels and can make data retrieval more challenging, but it’s ultimately not 100% guaranteed.

Information Destruction

The only solution that provides guaranteed protection for yourself and your company’s sensitive data is to physically destroy your cell phone and SIM cards. As information destruction specialists we have the expertise and equipment to fully destroy your mobile phones effectively.

Certificate of Destruction for Your Cell Phone

We will happily come to your location to collect your cell phone(s) or you are welcome to drop them off directly at our secured facility.  As always, following completion we will issue you with a Certificate of Destruction, which provides you with documentation that indicates secure destruction and disposal was completed by an accredited shredding company.  Get the peace of mind you deserve.

Secure and Compliant

The team at Shred A Way implements processes and strict practices that meet industry regulations.  We ensure that employees are background checked, and all vehicles are built with tracking capabilities for your safety.  What does this mean for you? Your cell phone and any other media is handled securely and carefully throughout every step of the process.

If you want to learn more about how we can help with your mobile phone destruction needs, get in touch today. At Shred A Way, we offer several media destruction services that keep your vital data entirely protected for good.

Call us for more details at 706-577-9668

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