Is Data Recovery Safe? Confidentiality, Privacy Law and the No Data No Fee Principle

Quick answer: When you hand over your disk, you have two fair worries: who will see my private data, and what if I pay and no data comes out? A good lab answers both clearly. On privacy, the process should run under a mutual NDA compliant with Turkey's privacy law (KVKK), only the authorized technician should access your data, and copies should be securely destroyed after delivery. On cost, honest labs charge no lab fee if they cannot recover a physical case, and diagnose for free. At DSET both are standard. Ankara: +90 536 662 38 09.

Who sees my private data?

Your most common and most valid worry. In a trustworthy lab only the authorized technician accesses your data, only as much as recovery needs, the process is logged, and your data is never used commercially or shared. Ask: do you sign a mutual NDA, who accesses my data, what happens to copies afterward? If they cannot answer clearly, do not hand over your disk.

What KVKK and an NDA guarantee

A mutual NDA puts in writing that your data stays confidential, is processed only for recovery, and is securely destroyed afterward. Critical for law firms, healthcare and accountants.

No data no fee

Diagnosis is free, the quote comes after diagnosis and before any work, and on physical cases there is no lab fee if recovery fails (rare donor costs are agreed up front). See data recovery prices 2026.

How to spot a trustworthy lab

It does not force a phone price, signs an NDA, has real infrastructure (clean room, imagers), and is honest when it cannot recover. DSET has worked this way at Ankara Hacettepe Teknokent since 2003, with a 99.4 percent success rate. Ankara Hacettepe Teknokent: +90 536 662 38 09.