[BNM] [OT] Advice needed: my hard drive turned up on Ebay

[John Cooper]

that's fecking hideous
I had a similar situation where I dropped a laptop, didn't boot up  
etc... called to find out if I was covered on my insurance and was  
told the same as you, yeah you'll need to send it to us and we'll  
delete the data etc...
because I had too much confidential information on the drive at the  
time I took the laptop to a friend who fortunately was able to bring  
it back to life

but your story is seriously hideous,
get as much evidence that the drive was the one from your laptop  
(would you have receipts with serial numbers?)
get a copy of the insurance policy in regard to destroying the data on  
the drive
if possible get the drive back I guess
and then take them / the validators to court!

john c



On 7 Mar 2008, at 12:58, Remy Sharp wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was hoping someone might be able to offer some advice on a possibly
> bizarre situation.
>
> I had a accident back in late 2006 which resulted in my laptop as a
> write off.
>
> (If you're interested in pointing and laughing, I blogged it back
> then: http://remysharp.com/2006/12/14/the-delicate-apple/ )
>
> As such, it was sent to an independent insurance claims validator (not
> sure what their real names are - but the chaps who allow the claim to
> go through).
>
> I was eventually told that the machine was irreparable, and a new one
> would be purchase from Apple.
>
> I enquired about the hard drive - since there was personal and
> business documents on it (I know, I could have formatted it, but I
> honestly expected them to repair the screen) - and I was told, in no
> uncertain terms that the hard drive would be incinerated as per their
> policy.
>
> Low and behold - 1 year later, I receive an email from a guy saying:
>
> "You dont know me but i bought an apple powerbook from ebay and it has
> some documents of yours on. i guess it must have been yours at one
> point."
>
> If this turns out to be my drive, I'll be extremely pissed that I had
> be lied to.
>
> Can anyone offer any advice, or suggestions as to how I should proceed
> with action - in particular again the insurance company (or the
> validators)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Remy Sharp
> Left Logic
>
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> blog ~ http://remysharp.com
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>
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