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With more information than ever stored in digital format (phone networks alone grow at around 28% per year) understanding how data should be handled and protected is essential, both in commercial and personal terms.
Mobile phone recycling is one of the fastest growing global industries. Devices can be refurbished for resale in struggling economies such as parts of India, Pakistan and some areas of China. Another huge part of the process is component recycling. Precious metals and reusable components can be harvested and resold or reused.
Smartphones are essentially mini-computers. With apps for just about everything – Microsoft Word, email etc – most smartphones contain some form of personal data such as PINs, passwords, photos, documents and so on.
•    Transfer all possible data to the SIM card. Some devices only store contact lists, but it’s a good place to start.
•    The phone’s internal memory will likely be where things like photos, call logs, documents, profiles etc are stored. For a phone like the Nokia N900, that’s around 30GB of information!
•    Smartphones can typically be connected to a computer to transfer information the user wants to save – music, documents etc.
•    Reputable online mobile phone recycling companies like Mazuma Mobile typically provide comprehensive free instructions on how to erase information from a phone. Users are required to choose the make and model of the device and then follow the tailored instructions.
•    Always double-check that data has been effectively erased before hitting the “Sell my Nokia” tab on that phone recycling website.