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A Real Dumpster Dive: Bank Tosses Personal Data, Checks, Laptops

In this new age of data protection, where most information is stored digitally and paper shredding is commonplace, you don't need to worry about private information ending up in the garbage, right? Steve Hunt shows that assumption is just plain wrong (includes video)

By Joan Goodchild, Senior Editor

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An entire, intact PC
Hunt's experiment even yielded a whole laptop with a tag on the back that says "Property of [another financial institution]". While the computer had no power and Hunt was not able to power it up, "I know how to connect to a hard drive," he noted. (See How to Get Rid of Old Computers for a safe disposal process.)

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