It's less about the hardware itself and more about recovering/accounting for the data on it. If we can attest that no IP left with them and the device is out o

It's less about the hardware itself and more about recovering/accounting for the data on it. If we can attest that no IP left with them and the device is out of its service life, sometimes we'll let them keep it out of pity. Ironically the most frequent justification is recognizance that they don't own a computer and can't easily look for another job.