What are the risks in sending your data for multiple quotations?

 When seeking quotations, sending your data storage device to multiple data recovery companies exposes your data to several risks:

• The more hands that handle your devices, the bigger the risk of being unable to recover the data. It is not uncommon to have only a limited number of attempts.
  • This could be as little as a single attempt due to an issue that would cause permanent damage, eliminating any future possibility of recovering the data.
• When working with sensitive data, unnecessary handling of the devices adds an additional risk of data leakage and exposure.
• Frequent transport can also lead to mishandling, temperature extremes, or moisture exposure and, in extreme cases, get lost in transit.
• Also, varied evaluation methods, skills and tools among providers can worsen device conditions, potentially leading to irrecoverable data.
• Unfortunately, some recovery service providers are less than honest. We have received drives previously sent to other data recovery businesses that were undoubtedly intentionally damaged, in some cases beyond recovery after an unsuccessful recovery or when their data recovery quote was rejected.