Large GDPR Fines Are Imminent, EU Privacy Regulators Say
Companies can expect large penalties from the European Union this summer, more than a year after the sweeping General Data Protection Regulation took effect last May. Officials from Ireland and the U.K. said they are investigating major GDPR cases and plan to announce enforcement actions in the next few months, adding that the cases took […]
ERI Launches A.I.-Driven Robotic System at Indiana Facility
ERI, the nation’s leading fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, has announced the installation and launch of its groundbreaking A.I.-driven robotic system at its Indiana facility.Following on the heels of ERI’s installation of its A.I. and robotics technology at its Fresno, California headquarters, the company has installed its […]
Will The United States Adopt A National Privacy Law?
Privacy is so essential, yet it seems that there’s a lack of enforcement. Look at the huge data breach of Equifax in 2017. More than 148 million people’s personal information was exposed in that breach. Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license information, credit card numbers, and phone numbers were part of this breach. A […]
Why ITAD Is Essential To Properly Managing E-waste
Information Technology and Electronics Asset Disposition (ITAD) is an important step in protecting data on outdated electronic devices. Technology changes constantly and outgrows its usefulness. Rather than have tons of obsolete or outdated electronics end up in landfills, electronics recycling and e-waste companies like ERI Direct recycle or give new life to this e-waste.Why Recycle […]
ERI’s John Shegerian Delivers Talk on Hardware Hacking at the A.I. and National Security Summit
John Shegerian, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of ERI, the nation’s leading fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, delivered a presentation on hardware hacking last week at the Suits & Spooks A.I. & National Security Summit at the National Press Club in Washington, DCFor the talk, Shegerian shared his presentation, […]
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) celebrated the opening of the Best Buy Teen Tech Center at Kings Highway Library last week. The center inspires the next of generation of engineers, entrepreneurs, innovators, designers and dreamers by providing teens with the latest technology to develop their own projects. The Teen Tech Center is made possible by the […]
5 Unconventional Electronics Protected by HIPAA
By 2006, every small or large healthcare company – doctors to insurance companies – had to come into compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). One of the important functions of HIPAA is to protect all of a patient’s sensitive health information.To do this, patients have to sign paperwork allowing […]
The World’s Worst Electronic Waste Offenders
Stop and think about countries you would name as having the biggest problem with waste. A 2018 Forbes article brought attention to the fact that China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are responsible for the highest amounts of plastic waste getting dumped in the ocean. The Citarum River in Indonesia is known as being […]
Why The Circular Economy Model Is The Only Solution For E-waste
Here are some staggering facts. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) believes more than 2.3 million tons of electronics were tossed in 2009. Only a quarter of that 2.3 tons was actually recycled. Most ended up in trash bags where it was hauled to landfills. According to the Global E-waste Monitor, about 44.7 million […]
John Shegerian, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of ERI, the nation’s leading fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, delivered a rousing keynote presentation at the 11 th annual Data Centre World conference in London. For the keynote, Shegerian shared his presentation, “Data Protection in a Cyber-Sensitive World,” to the international gathering of […]