Data Disposal Day

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Time: 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Location: Parking Lot 12A near the Natural Sciences buildings

Southern California Shredding will be on campus to shred both paper and e-waste products on October 26, 2022.

Properly disposing of e-waste is an important component of cybersecurity. Improper disposal, donation, or recycling of e-waste may inadvertently disclose sensitive information, which could be exploited by cyber criminals. Each of us is responsible for the security of information assets with which we work. 

Much like e-waste, keeping paper records with sensitive information that no longer need to be maintained under the UC Records Retention Schedule is both a security and privacy risk. Good document hygiene includes shredding unnecessary paper and deleting e-records in a way that is consistent with the UC University Records Management Program (BFB-RMP-1) and the UC Records Retention Schedule.

Acceptable Items for Disposal:

• Paper Records
  • staples, paper clips, rubber bands, binder clips and folders with metal prongs don’t need to be removed
• Hard drives
  • where possible, please remove hard drives from devices before bringing them to be shredded
• Laptops/Servers 
• Computer Monitors
• Small Electronics (Cell phones, Mini tablets, etc..)
• SSDs
• Flash Drives
• CDs/DVDs
• SD Cards
• Lab Equipment

Do Not Bring:

• Backup tapes 
• VHS tapes 
• Cassette tapes