 Small
Business owners --
Do You Know Why You Should
Shred? |
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Why Shred?
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Don’t Let Your Business Go In The
Trash
Identity
theft is the nation’s fastest growing
crime. It is easy to commit. Reversing
the damage is very difficult and time
consuming. Every business is entrusted
with information that must be kept
private. Corporations and small
businesses have a moral and legal
responsibility to safeguard the public
trust. Failure to do so could result in
loss of goodwill, business, and income,
and may result in legal ramifications.
The
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
set rules for healthcare organizations
to securely store and dispose of patient
information.
The
Gramm-Leach-Biley Act (GLBA)
requires the financial industry
(insurance, banks, securities, mortgage,
escrow, etc.) to protect client
information and requires that
institutions disclose their privacy
policies to their customers.
The Fair
and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA)
a brand new federal law designed to
reduce the risk of consumer fraud and
identity theft created by improper
disposal of consumer information.
The U.S.
Supreme Court has ruled that “Dumpster
Diving” or “Trash Trawling” is legal.
Trash is considered by business
espionage professionals as the best
source for competitive and private
information from the average business.
All
companies will discard confidential data
at one time. Customer lists, private
medical information price lists, sales
statistics, drafts of bids and
correspondence, and even memos contain
information about business activity
which would interest any competitor.
Every business is also entrusted with
information that must be kept private.
Employee’s customers, and patients have
a legal right to have this data
protected.
Many
companies believe they can handle this
in-house with small office shredders.
However, unfortunately usually the
following occurs: 
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Office shredders break down and must be
replaced often
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Are messy
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Can’t handle staples or paper clips
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Can’t handle film and computer disks
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Are low volume thus taking time away
from real office work
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Are not used consistently by employees
or employees believe it is not their
responsibility
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Shredding is a low priority
All
these create a high risk situation in
protecting sensitive information.
Fortunately there is a clear solution to
this potential disaster. In an effort
to provide additional information
security for your business we have
teamed up with a professional
information destruction company,
Approved Information Destruction Inc.
They are
a NAID (National Association for
Information Destruction) member, and are
there to assist you with the destruction
of your information. Document shredding
is an economical, secure, and convenient
solution. In addition, the waste will be
recycled to help save paper resources.
Let us
be your partner in your business
security, so you don’t have to worry
about it!
A.I.D. in Identity Theft Protection"