Selkie Protects Privacy

Money-Saving Data Recovery Secures Privacy from Tech Thieves

New York, New York, October 24, 2008 –

Selkie Software is a money-saving method of protecting individual privacy when computers crash. According to Top Tech News, America’s leading companies are taking steps to try to safeguard privacy by deleting data, shredding paper files, and investing in new privacy protection systems. According to investigations by The Consumerist, technicians routinely steal private information from computers while providing repair work.

The data recovery experts at Selkie Software are warning industry leaders that data recovery may be a major source of data leakage. For less money than you are paying an outside repair shop, you can do it yourself AND protect your privacy.

“When companies send out their computers for data recovery, or when they have a technician remove a hard drive to extract data, they often do not realize they might be leaving a complete copy of the files on the technician’s system,” says Jonathan Lyster, CTO of Selkie Software.

Without Selkie, most technicians are extracting recovered data to a repair computer or another location before sending it back to the owner of the data. “This leads to serious security issues,” Lyster points out, “and it’s hard to ensure that files do not end up moving around after they’ve been recovered, whether intentionally or not.”

Financial transactions such as credit card purchases are most vulnerable to accidental migration or security breaches. This leaves the owner of the data liable to prosecution.

Selkie Software is the answer, providing two options for instant, do-it-yourself data recovery. “We’ve designed this so that your data never has to leave your sight,” says Lyster, “you can use the USB key if you just want to grab the data right away, or you can use the CD to bypass your broken computer’s operating system and transfer your data to another desktop.”

Selkie Software was designated an Emerging Technology for 2008 by Computer Reseller News (CRN) because of the valuable opportunities it provides home users, IT professionals, and large companies to save money, time, and data. Find out more about Selkie Rescue and partnership opportunities at www.selkierescue.com.

For Enterprise Licensing, contact Paul Flanagan, VP Sales and Business Development, at 1-888-688-9199.