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A similar story can also be found here:

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=101264&WT.svl=news1_6

Coming from a business perspective, this could be extremely detrimental for a company if not handled correctly. Companies could be sued for huge amounts of money if old hardware is donated or recycled and valuable information is found. Even now, companies are not taking precautions in securing the data that is on their computers this very moment, so it's almost impossible to assume that they're going to do so when throwing out the darn things.