Roll up. Roll up for the magical mystery
tour.
Boxing Day 1968 I think, might
have been 1967. My whole family and half of the Western world all gathered
around their TV sets to see the Fab Four’s TV film The Magical Mystery Tour. I
was 6 or 7 and loved The Beatles. I am told I once gave a lively rendition of
She Loves You in the doctor’s surgery as a toddler which raised a few smiles. Unfortunately however, as
the recent repeat reminded me, Magical Mystery Tour offered a few good tunes
but the plot may have been over-influenced by some artificial stimuli and four
creative egos rapidly spinning out of control.
However, the idea of a tour ought
to remain high on our agendas, magical or otherwise. EReco are keen to show
customers our secure facility in the depths of East Grinstead, because we know
it is what sets us apart from the crowd. And more potential customers ought to
take up our offer because when disposing of your data, you ought to do a proper
risk assessment.
What? I heard a collective sharp
intake of breath there. Disposing of your data? That isn’t what you are doing
at all, is it? You are disposing of old IT assets, redundant kit, sometimes
broken kit, but you are protecting your data, aren’t you?
Well, yes AND no.
You are
engaging a partner to deal with your data, and if that partner is reputable you
are protected by their systems, and insurance. So clearly your intention is not
to throw the baby away with the bathwater. But, and it is a very big but, your
data is still there and it is still your responsibility. If something happens
you are going to need to prove that you exercised your duty of care.
Clearly it is not practical for
every business to visit their supplier. If your disposals are small and
irregular, some reasonable due diligence would probably suffice. However, if
you are a business of reasonable size a risk assessment probably makes a lot of
sense. There are no margins of error here of course. No matter how large or
small your disposal is, it only takes one hard drive to go missing or not get
processed, and your data is ‘out there’.
Now I am bound to approve of this
sort of thing of course. EReco has substance. Our facility is not a shiny
palace of recycling heaven but it is efficient, substantial and secure. We may
be many things but we are not back of the van sort of people. We are not fly by
night. Believe me, if you visit and I will introduce you to Karen, our process
queen, and she has a form for everything and a knowledge of ISO’s and WEEE
regulations that ought to have John Humphrey’s and the Mastermind team
quivering in their boots.
Her majesty emphasises what eReco
has and many of our competitors do not. She is the one who makes us get our
waste transfer notes right. She is Miss Compliance, a dotter of I’s and a
crosser of T’s that our customers need. When my eyes glaze over, she is the one
who reminds me, kindly, that like it or not we all have to get the paperwork in
order.
It is what we charge for and what
I cannot see how anyone offering free collections can offer. And it is tangible
if you take a couple of hours out of your day to come and see it for yourself.
Del-boy’s lock up may not be so impressive.
And Hey Bulldog, I promise not to sing.
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