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Redbox left PII on decommissioned machines

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294 points NotPractical | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 00:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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larodi ◴[16 Oct 24 06:22 UTC] No.41856126[source]▶
Are there any laws in any country governing how such equipment is supposed to be decommissioned in case if bankruptcy?

This does not seem to be an isolated case, it just happening more and more with advance of technology.

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nextlevelwizard ◴[16 Oct 24 06:54 UTC] No.41856290[source]▶
What are they going to do? Sue the bankrupted company?
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scott_w ◴[16 Oct 24 11:29 UTC] No.41857888[source]▶
If a company dealing in toxic chemicals goes bankrupt, is it functionally legal to just dump them in the nearby river? I’d be amazed if countries don’t have legal processes in place to deal with situations like this and maybe the courts haven’t caught up to this use case?
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1. relaxing ◴[16 Oct 24 11:36 UTC] No.41857921[source]▶
We need a Superfund for data spills.