Lenovo has launched software to comprehensively delete data on PC hard drives, after surveys revealed <A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134173-pg,1/article.html">a widespread failure to remove sensitive data</A> from hard drives on PCs slated for disposal.

With the now-in-force WEEE directive, PC disposal and recycling will be more organized. A Lenovo-sponsored survey suggests that up to 30 percent of discarded PCs may contain sensitive data. An earlier BT-sponsored report reached much the same conclusion.