festplatte retourgeschickt nach deutschland - was jetzt?

die policy von samsung hab ich auf die schnelle nicht gfunden, hier als beispiel die policy von maxtor:

QUESTION:
If you returned a drive with sensitive or confidential information, and have concerns about the data being accessed after being returned, this will explain how the drives data is erased through Maxtor's test process.

Data Elimination from Maxtor’s Return Authorization (Field Return) Test Process

BACKGROUND:

Drives returned to Maxtor from end users may contain sensitive or confidential information. Maxtor recognizes our customers concerns about the security and privacy of any data remaining on a returned drive. Maxtor’s field return test process is designed to protect the customers privacy by completely eliminating any previously recorded data.

andere hersteller dürften da nicht viel anders vorgehen.