Seagate

Seagate

Basic information
Founded	1978 (Shugart Technology)
Legal structure	Public
Industry	Data Storage
Official website	https://www.seagate.com/

Seagate Technology (Seagate) is a data storage company from the US that specializes in high-quality hard drives, solid state drives, and other such long-term storage solutions.

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):

• User freedom
• User privacy
• Business model
• Market control

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Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Seagate category.

Misrepresenting sales of old hard drives as new

Main article: Misrepresented sales of used Seagate hard drives as new

Reports from consumers, as well as investigations by Heise Online, describe an issue where used and refurbished Seagate hard drives are being sold as new. Many buyers reported receiving drives with extensive prior usage, despite being marketed and priced as brand-new products. The issue appears to stem from deceptive practices by certain sellers, rather than Seagate itself, though questions remain regarding how these drives re-entered the supply chain.

Products

This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.

• Example product line one (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.
• Example product line two (release date):

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See also

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