As part of its commitment to secure, on-site data destruction, the team at Resource 1 Electronics is also working to educate the community on some staggering truths when it comes to the vast adoption of digital information.
Chuck and Jan McDonald, owners,
Anthony Mundis, Vice President of LogisticsAfter reading a recent report from Rock Health, a startup health care analytics company, President Chuck McDonald, shared his findings and some reasons why it’s imperative that we change our thinking when it comes to our digital devices.
“While we’re no longer afraid of doing business and storing vast amounts of information on our devices, we need to realize what that means,” Chuck McDonald said. “There are countless scams happening on a daily basis, and the adoption of digital storage is going up rapidly, which inevitability leads to the refreshing of devices and begs the question, what to do with the old ones?”
According to the Rock Health report, mobile health activity is up 17 percent, meaning those users polled (over 4,000) use some form of mobile health tracking; 12 percent use wearables (Fitbits and the like); and 7 percent are interested in or are pursuing telemedicine, a growing field that allows doctors to see patients over FaceTime.
“That means the overall adoption is 28 percent, and these people are doing the basics of all their health care done through email,” McDonald shared. “From the physical, tangible things like your prescriptions to advice and counseling, this highly sensitive info has to travel through so many channels before it reaches its destination of your computer or device. We need to be careful about the services used and take extra care when it comes time to upgrade your device, and destruction is really the only option.”