Legal Responsibilities

As with most organisations, personal data has to be processed and stored. Responsibility for this data falls with the data controller within the organisation.

Under current legislation, the data controller is responsible for the organisations data. This applies to data that is no longer live or in use and has been disposed of. With fines for data breach being so stringent the importance of using Oden to handle secure data erasure or data destruction has never been so high.

The ICO (Information Commissioners Office) governs the protection of data. Data breach should be of concern as fines of up to £17.7 million, or 4% of the company in question last year annual Global turnover, whichever is higher!

Below is just one extract from the GDRP, demonstrating the importance of a closed loop asset retirement process:

Right to be forgotten/erasure: The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies: (e) the data has to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject. (article 17, Right to erasure, page 107).

Data Destruction

Data destruction can be very difficult to prove without data erasure certificate or physical destruction certificate.

We can't be responsible for your data when it is live, but we are the trusted partner you can rely on when you decommission IT assets and data-bearing devices.

Recycling Enquiry

Contact us today to find out how we can assist you with your retired equipment.

What Our Customers Say

The guys at Oden removed the stress we had. Disposing of our electronic items was an environmental and data protection mine field. They visited our site, carried out an audit and collected the same week. Every detail is on the portal for us. Great company to deal with.

IT Manager

Major London university
Quick clean service carried out by professional company. Lovely collection staff.

Well Known Car Manufacturer
We selected the collection box option, boxes are always collected swiftly and replaced. Hazardous Waste Consignment Notes are always signed and uploaded to the portal. We experienced many problems with WEEE companies; our ISO EMS means that all records are in place. Prior to using Oden we always had to ask companies for copies that they rarely had. We now log onto the portal and download all data and reports. Thank you

Compliance Manager

Energy Company
Next day collection, all paperwork supplied. Perfect.

IT Manager

Retail Chain
Mobile destruction unit came to our site, the operator made a list of drives, drives were destroyed and taken away. Very satisfying to watch our drives being destroyed.

Branch Manager

Financial Institution, Bristol
Booking was easy and collection was carried out in a timely manner. Data erasure certificates were very detailed.

National Construction Company

London
Oden are a local company and have provided IT disposal services for us for 10 years, can't recommend enough.

IT Infrastructure Company

Portsmouth

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