Legality of drive wiping

[irongeek at irongeek.com (Adrian Crenshaw)]

I wrote some of the folks people suggested, here is what I got back from the
EFF:

> Adrian,
>
> Thank you for contacting the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Our attorneys
do not have experience with this particular scenario, but it s a question
that people ask quite often. We would be very >interested in seeing your
article when it is done, if you would not mind emailing it to this address.
> Regards,
>
> Eva Galperin

I'll see what else I find. By the way Brad, that Granick  video was a nice
find, thanks.

Adrian


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Mad Marv <marv at madmarvonline.com> wrote:

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> I'd ping the guys at Cyberspeak's podcast (cyberspeak.libsyn.com) and
> ask them for an example of a bulletproof data retention policy and reuse
> of hard drives after wiping.
>
> >    I can think of many valid reasons for wiping a drives freespace
> > routinely:
> >
> > 1. Protect privacy from others with physical access.
> > 2. Fear that the machine might be stolen.
> > 3. Donating the machine.
> > 4. Reallocating the machine to someone of a different security level.
>
> Numbers 1 and 2 are a bit suspect.  The non-white space on a hard drive
> is just as valuable if not more so, and wiping free space doesn't
> protect that info.  Numbers 3 and 4 don't sound routine if you're
> talking about individual hard drives being wiped every week or so.  But,
> they do fit into a policy for re-purposing hardware.
>
> One more idea to add to the list:  Wipe a hard drive that has been
> infected with malware prior to re-imaging.
>
> Marv
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