DOCUMENTATION PRE-REQUISITE INTAKE PROTOCOL
- Contracting Vendor: Seattle Data Recovery
- Asset Control Phase: Pre-Intake / Laboratory Entry Sequence
- Security Classification: Confidential – Proprietary Institutional / Commercial Assets
Section 1: Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Standard
Before any storage media—whether a degraded multi-disk RAID array, a compromised enterprise server node, or a hardware-encrypted mobile logic board—enters our physical laboratory perimeter, Seattle Data Recovery contractually binds itself to strict data secrecy.
1.1 Scope of Confidentiality
Our facility explicitly defines "Confidential Information" as any data, source code, relational databases, system architectures, or files trapped within the client’s failing media, alongside all diagnostic reports and metadata generated during our evaluation.
1.2 Standard Legal Covenants
- Zero External Network Exposure: Our hardware imagers (such as the PC-3000 architecture) operate on completely air-gapped laboratory networks. Your data stream is never exposed to the public internet or external cloud infrastructure.
- Strict Purpose Restrictions: Seattle Data Recovery engineers will only parse, mirror, or interface with your drive’s sectors for the singular purpose of stabilizing the physical media and exporting your files to secure target hardware.
- Authorized Access Control: Access to raw sector clones is strictly limited to the specific, technology-certified lab engineer assigned to your diagnostic profile.
1.3 Breach Safeguards & NDA Execution
If your corporate legal counsel or federal procurement officer requires the execution of your organization's custom NDA form, our executive director will sign the paperwork prior to logistics routing.
Section 2: Forensic Chain-of-Custody Tracking Protocol
For public sector agencies, defense contractors, and corporate legal groups, maintaining a continuous, legally defensible audit trail is vital. Seattle Data Recovery enforces a strict physical inventory tracking standard to ensure your assets remain documented from the minute they leave your hands.
2.1 Phase 1: Intake Receipt & Physical Identification
Upon arrival at our secure facility footprint, every storage asset is instantly audited. We record the exact manufacturer brand, model numbers, and internal factory serial numbers. A tamper-evident barcode seal is applied to the drive housing to ensure no unauthorized chassis breaches occur outside the cleanroom.
2.2 Phase 2: Secure Physical Storage & Lab Segregation
Drives awaiting surgery or sector alignment are stored inside locked, fire-suppressed media safes. The laboratory footprint itself is located within an exclusive medical and professional building perimeter, ensuring monitored entry gates and zero random foot traffic.
2.3 Phase 3: Hardware Extraction & Logged Adjustments
If a drive requires internal micro-surgery (such as an HGST multi-platter alignment or a Seagate spindle release), every single action is recorded in the case logbook. Any matching factory donor parts harvested from our inventory are documented alongside the patient device serial codes to guarantee absolute asset tracking.
2.4 Phase 4: Verification and Cryptographic Checksums
Once the drive is stabilized on a hardware imager, we create a bit-for-bit digital clone. We apply cryptographic checksums (MD5 or SHA-256) to the completed data pool to guarantee that the original file names, creation dates, and nested directory hierarchies match your original drive state without modification. Defective scrap or donor media is subjected to absolute physical destruction to prevent data leakage.
How to Proceed with Pre-Intake Documentation
To execute an official Non-Disclosure Agreement or initialize your custom Chain-of-Custody tracking form before shipping or dropping off your media, please state your legal criteria:
