I've been in IT since the last century and run into technicians that run the gambit from I wouldn't let them touch my computer to full faith. There are plenty of technicians out that there that will make a copy of all of your music, movies, and pictures. Does this mean that they will do anything with them, probably not, but they might.
But going beyond trust a lot of services have somewhere in their service contract that they are not responsible for data. Part of this is that it is a lot easier to reload an infected machine rather than taking the time to attempt to clean it. I've know a lot of users who lost all of their data because the machine was restored to the factory defaults at the depot.
I worked for companies where drives with data were never shipped. A new drive would be purchased and installed to send the machine out for repair.
To give you some perspective to this poll read this members question: How can I safeguard my computer's data when it is out for repair?
How much do you trust your PC's data with your service technician?
-- I completely trust the service's employees.
-- I have to trust them as I have no other options.
-- I somewhat trust them.
-- I don't trust them.
-- I trust no one with my data.
-- Other. (What is your level of trust?)
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