An imperfect solution might be to buy his laptop for enough money to allow him get a new laptop and the licensed software on the laptop that he purchased. Doing this at the time of dismissal would make it more likely to regain control of the data. [Edit add] Also, give him opportunity to copy <i>his</i> data off the hard drive. This would have to be supervised, obviously.<p>Addresses:<p>* A delete may not delete the PII because it could be in multiple places and deletes don&#x27;t really delete unless you do a secure delete that truly overwrites the deleted data.<p>* Gives him a monetary incentive to cooperate.<p>Does not address:<p>* Any backups that he might have that are out of your control.