*groan*

[gotica.livejournal.com]

Howdy.. Thought you guys might like to have a lil snicker at an email I had to handle....

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Hi,
I have some confidential DVD's and CD's that I need to dispose of.
Do you know where I can send these to be destroyed???
Thanks
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*big sigh*
Had to call and educate on CD disposal.. snap.. cut... shred.... (there is a guy in the office who shreds his CDs).

Comments

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

Hm, I think that's a reasonable question, actually, because it can vary according to where you work. In our organisation, certain CDs are "controlled archives", which means they are treated the same way as backup tapes. We need to hand them to a document destruction company who will dispose of them (probably by shredding!) in a secure and auditable fashion.

So maybe the user was familar with those sorts of environments, and really wanted confirmation about whether it was appropriate for them to do it themselves, and what your recommended method was. Some organisations don't view snapping or cutting as sufficient either, or if they are, the destroyed material is not permitted to go out in the usual trash, etc etc....

[gotica.livejournal.com]

Valid point you have there.

[spacebird.livejournal.com]

We have to shred old CDs if they have sensitive data where I work.

[kallell.livejournal.com]

"The letters are Hex, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Microsoft, which I shall not utter here. But in common English this is what it says..."

"One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them,
One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them"

[d-l-leonine.livejournal.com]

Give the DVDs and CDs to me. I'll make sure they are destoryed *BFEG*

[geekgrrl-ca.livejournal.com]

Burning works for me

[revchris.livejournal.com]

I nought a new shredder a year or so ago specifically because it could also shred CDs. Working for a University, there are many federally mandated information protection measures (ie - HIPAA and FERPA) that essentially require that you be able to destroy archive media that may contain any information that those measures consider to be sensitive.

[guinevere33.livejournal.com]

Well at least that's one sex tape that won't end up on the internet.

[jecook]

Yep. our main office had a CD shredder purchased for that single reason.

We also started rolling out a new policy and procedure for the computing equipment, but the users were a bit resistant when they found out that they shiny new thinkpad came with a shiny new policy and cast-iron enforcement- and no local admin privledges.

Oven at 500 degrees

[gythiawulfie.livejournal.com]

melts them suckers big time.

[prozacnation.livejournal.com]

Yup. I did an internship at the US Attorney's office.

They had a locked bin for those types of CDs and DVDs to make sure they were shredded and destroyed.

[captpackrat.livejournal.com]

CDs in the microwave is fun, just don't cook them too long. The smell is absolutely incredible. @_@

recycling

[irishmasms.livejournal.com]

also, if you are authorized to send the Cd/DVDs (or remnants of) to a recycling center

[benatwork.livejournal.com]

Belt sanders are always fun.