Any firm (or business for that matter) that prepares or stores client data on a computer will eventually have to upgrade. One place we often fail to think our data may be is on unused clusters or sectors on our hard drives. Guess what? When you delete data, it isn’t really gone.
If you store sensitive material of any kind related to your business, when you replace or upgrade most any type of digital storage device, you may be accidentally opening up your client’s files.
Consider this CBS Investigation into old copy machines.
Your computer hard drive is no different. Thankfully, the American Bar Association posted an article HERE instructing attorneys on proper data deletion to protect clients.
