Following a
recent investigation from CBS news which found that many copiers are
sold into the second hand market with hard drives full of confidential
or sensitive personal data still in them, Sharp has a solution which
will avoid the new high level fines which could be imposed by the UK’s
ICO.
The investigation
found hard drives within MFP's (Multi-function Printers and Copier)
containing sensitive and personal data. The machines in question were
selling for only a few hundred dollars and often headed overseas to
unknown customers, all within a few days of being removed from their
original installation. With fines from the UK ICO potentially heading
up to the £500,000 mark this is one liability UK companies could do
without. Yet most MFP users do not know that MFP's store images on
their Hard drives. A Sharp USA survey in 2008 found that 60% of
customers are unaware of this feature of their office digital copier.
Sharp was one of
the first companies in this area and continues to provide market leading
data erasure and data privacy (encryption) facilities on their MFP's.
The Common Criteria certified security add-on for Sharp Machines is
typically less than 5% of the RRP of the machine.
“Our Data
Security Kit (DSK) can ensure that Copying and Scanning actions are
automatically and securely erased as soon as the job has completed” said
Chris Hale, Sharp UK’s Document Solutions Product Marketing Manager. “We
have been advising customers that fitting the DSK is becoming an
essential option for many businesses”.
CBS News video
link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video
