France Slaps Google With €50M GDPR Fine
French regulators hit Google with a €50 million (about $57 million) fine for violating European data protection and privacy rules. France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL accused the search giant for lack of transparency, providing inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding personalization of ads. The organization listed several alleged violations. Mainly, that the essential […]
ERI Applauds its Electronics Industry Partners for Achieving EPA Recognition and Innovation Awards
A number of electronics industry leaders have received formal recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the EPA’s 2018 Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge Awards. Of the companies honored by the EPA for sustainably designing products and processes while also diverting electronics from landfills, many were able to achieve their sustainability […]
Citing a recent Business Insider article describing the steady stream of servers containing sensitive digital data flowing from western countries to destinations throughout the globe, John Shegerian, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, has called the situation a “significant threat to national security.” […]
What Businesses Can Do About Data Breach Fatigue to Protect Consumers
Technology and the internet have become vital parts of our daily lives. This new industrial revolution has led to mass adoption on a global scale, but unfortunately, it has also led to an increase in cyber crime.Cyber criminals are using the internet to steal people’s identities and other intellectual property. The number of data breaches […]
Estimated 25% of Data Breaches Caused By Negligence–Including E-Waste Recycling Mistakes
It seems as if there’s always a story in the news about a recent data breach, and that could be because these breaches are becoming increasingly common. The largest data breach that has ever been reported was discovered in 2016, when Yahoo publicly announced that over 1 billion user profiles had been hacked three years […]
ERI to Team with CTA and Samsung for Free E-Waste Recycling Event Before CES 2019
ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today it is joining forces with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. to provide the City of Las Vegas and early CES® 2019 attendees with a convenient way to recycle unwanted consumer electronics responsibly. This second annual […]
7 Terrifying Cyber Crime Statistics
Technology and the mass adoption of the internet is on the rise, but unfortunately, so is the prevalence of cyber crime.The internet has become a vital part of our daily lives. What was once a tool used mainly for electronic mail, the internet has evolved into something much bigger than we ever thought possible. It […]
Five Common Electronics Companies Forget To Recycle
You probably still remember the three R’s that you learned in school: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! While that motto is quite old, it’s components are necessary now more than ever. According to Frontier Group — a group that provides analysis and information to citizens for living cleaner and healthier — the U.S. produces more than 30 […]
ERI Featured On Recycling Today Cover – Unafraid To Take The Lead
ERI, the largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company in the United States, was recently focused on the cover of Recycling Today in a piece titled “Unafraid To Take The Lead”. The article focuses on ERI’s story from beginning as a small company to the industry leader it […]
New York City’s electronics recycling program, including the groundbreaking and award winning ecycleNYC (www.nyc.gov/ecycle) residential e-waste collection program, a joint effort by the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), ERI and proactive manufacturers, has now successfully collected and recycled more than 20 million pounds of electronic waste from city residents. Now serving over 4.6 million New […]