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field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The following guidelines have been developed in support of the Policy on the Responsible Use of McGill's IT Resources, and McGill’s IT Asset Management Regulation:</p> <p><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180522055911im_/http://www.mcgill.ca/it/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png"/> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180522055911/http://www.mcgill.ca/it/files/it/mcgill_university_media_sanitization_guidelines.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=476584" title="mcgill_university_media_sanitization_guidelines.pdf">McGill University Digital Media Sanitization Guidelines</a></span></p> <p><strong>Related resources:</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180522055911/http://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/files/secretariat/responsible-use-of-mcgill-it-policy-on-the.pdf" target="_blank">Policy on the Responsible Use of McGill's IT Resources</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180522055911/https://www.mcgill.ca/procurement/regulation/policies/it-asset-management-regulation" target="_blank">IT Asset Management Regulation</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180522055911/http://kb.mcgill.ca/it/easylink/article.html?id=1893" target="_blank">Securely erase a Windows hard drive</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180522055911/http://kb.mcgill.ca/it/easylink/article.html?id=4123" target="_blank">Securely erase a Mac's hard drive</a></li> </ul></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"></li> </ul> <div class="mcgill-tags"><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a 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