What are my rights if I dropped a laptop off for repair almost 2 years ago but now the store says that it is probably destroyed?

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What are my rights if I dropped a laptop off for repair almost 2 years ago but now the store says that it is probably destroyed?

Admittedly, I forgot about it but I just went in to pick it up and they said they probably destroyed it. One, what recourse do I have? Don’t they have to have some proof that they gave me fair warning (they gave me none)? Finally, what proof would they have to show that they sanitized my laptop of personal information if they did indeed destroy it?

Asked on May 19, 2014 under Business Law, Maryland

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Answered 9 years ago | Contributor

I suggest that you be given proof that the laptop was properly disposed od by way of a certificate under the penalty of perjury signed and dated by a particular person. The problem you have written is faced by many who do not know if their computer turned in for disposal was properly destroyed or not.


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