Privacy Assured when Recycling Cellphones

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Recently, an Associated Press story was published that cautioned consumers against sell their cell phones, specifically on eBay. The story was directed at owners of “smart phones” such as the Palm Treo or RIM Blackberry device, and centered on the fact that it is difficult for consumers to delete data from their smart phones so that it cannot be recovered using forensic software.

SellyourCell.com wants you, our valued customers, to know that we use procedures devised by the manufacturers of these handsets that completely secure and erase all personal data,so that it can not be recovered. We do this on every phone, every time. Your data is 100% with SellyourCell.com.

In addition, it is worthwhile to note that while regular cell phones (phones without enhanced abilities) can contain some personal data, this is usually limited to text messages and phone numbers, and that this information is not typically valuable to information thieves. Nevertheless, SellyourCell.com recommends that you erase as much data from the phone as you can by using the owner’s manual as a guide, and you can rest assured that we will do our part upon receipt of your handset.

SellyourCell.com is committed to the security of your data, and you can sell your cell phones to us knowing that we will protect your information.


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How do I know my information is secure and how is it erased?

Allow us to put your minds at ease here. In order to evaluate the phones they must be sanitized, as we call it.

This is to say that the first thing our technicians do when they hook phones up to their diagnostic equipment is erase all the phone's data and reset the phone to it's original state. This is our very first step, and it is absolutely mandatory prior to evaluating the phone.

While it is worth knowing that we take this step, and in fact take your privacy very seriously, you should also know that phones (other than PDAs) very rarely contain any of the personal info that could be used to steal an identity. Fortunately people simply don't keep their social security number, drivers license number or birthday in the average cell phone. However, its nice to know that if you did, your information would be 100% secure and immediately erased. You have our word on this.

As for erasing the information yourself, most phones make it pretty easy by going through the phone's menu. Easier yet of course is to look up "erasing data" in the owners manual or on the manufacturer's website.

Except, of course, nobody ever reads the manual.

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