Secure data wiping for accountants and bookkeepers
Old laptops in an accountancy practice hold years of tax returns, payroll files, bank details and ID documents. We wipe them at your office and give you a certificate for every drive.
What's on an accountant's old laptop
- Client tax returns, accounts and working papers
- Payroll, pension and employee records
- Bank statements and payment details
- Passports and utility bills from anti-money-laundering checks
- Saved logins for HMRC, banking and practice software
- Years of email with attachments
Most of this is still recoverable after files are deleted or the laptop is reset.
Why on-site matters for a practice
Client confidentiality is central to your professional obligations, and under UK GDPR you remain responsible for client data until it's destroyed. With on-site wiping, the data never leaves your office, you can watch it happen, and you keep a certificate for every drive.
Good times to book
- After the January self-assessment rush, when there's time to replace equipment
- When a member of staff leaves and their laptop is retired
- When moving to new practice software or cloud systems
- Before old kit is donated, sold or recycled
What you get
A certificate per drive showing the device, serial number, method and result, plus a one-page summary for your files. If the laptops still work, we can make you an offer for them.
Areas we cover
Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian, with travel included.
Got a cupboard of old laptops?
Most offices do. Tell us roughly how many and where you are, and we'll give you a fixed price today.