Recently, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook discussed the latest updates to his company’s product lineup in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season. The iPhone has got a larger screen; iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini have both become 18% thinner and the added Touch ID (fingerprint identification technology) is available with the iPhone 6; the high end iMac with its 27-inch screen can now be equipped with the Retina display; and the low end MacMini has faster processors, Wi-Fi and other new connections.On the software side, the company has made its new desktop and laptop operating system, the OS X Yosemite, available to all users as a free download since October 16. It makes the desktop and laptop screens look and feel even more like the flatter mobile screens, making it easier to switch between and share documents among Apple devices. The company has launched the iCloud Drive to allow users to store documents in the cloud. Next in the pipeline is the iCloud Photo system, which will replace its clunky iPhoto program.On October 18, Apple launched its new mobile payment system, Apple Pay, which lets users make payments using Apple’s mobile devices, including the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3, running on the new iOS 8.1 (available as a free download). The service is supported by all three major credit card companies – MasterCard, Visa and American Express. It has already received a very warm reception.Needless to say, shoppers will be picking up a huge number of the new and updated Apple products, which have already been selling like hot cakes. This brings up the question, “What about the devices I already have?” Every longtime Apple user knows that Apple devices have great resale value and there is never a dearth of buyers for old products. An iPhone 5 sells as quickly as an iPhone 6 and the same is true for the iPad and all other products.However, before selling or giving away your old iPhone, iPad, iMac or MacMini, you should be 100% sure that you will not be giving away even one little bit of your personal information. If your password, credit card number, bank account number and other sensitive data fall into the wrong hands, your life can turn upside down in a just a matter of days. This is why it is extremely important for regular consumers as well as businesses to use value recovery solutions for their previous models.Instead of looking for solutions on eBay and other auction sites, users should look for professional data recycling companies that comply with all the data destruction standards. Once in their hand, your hard drive and storage media will be destroyed, shredded or wiped clean as required in a video-monitored locked enclosure so that the destroyed data becomes irrecoverable. The devices are catalogued by make, model and serial number and a certificate of destruction is issued to the owner.A huge number of fraud and identify theft involving computer and mobile devices are committed every year. People who do not use certified data destruction before disposing of their previous devices have only themselves to blame if they become the victim. Therefore, if you are getting your new iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 or other Apple devices, be sure to use only the best value recovery solutions for your current devices before selling or giving them away. Your future and your life may depend on it.