Office shredding is unreliable, messy and slow. It requires an office employee to do the shredding instead of focusing on the core of the business. Small or large businesses should be responsible in handling their clients’ documented information. If these wastes need immediate disposal, companies can have official …Read more
Before you hire a shredding service, be sure that you understand which documents you should retain for a period and which you can shred right away. Receipts, invoices and tax- and insurance-related items are among those that could be needed for a time before they are destroyed. …Read more
Are you protecting your business with Georgia mobile shredding services? Dealing with major fines and lawsuits is no fun to say the least. If your business isn’t doing all it can to protect the sensitive information that flows in and out you could be setting yourself up …Read more
Identity theft is one of the top consumer complaints. According to the Federal Trade Commission, American consumers lost billions to fraud in 2013 as a result of identity theft. Businesses are held to several regulatory requirements in order to limit a customer’s risk. These regulations consist of …Read more
Fort Worth man is at center of multistate fraud investigation A Fort Worth man who worked for a document shredding company did not destroy bank records and instead shared them with thieves, according to court documents. The number of potential victims is in the thousands and the …Read more
Two entities have paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $1,975,220 collectively to resolve potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. These major enforcement actions underscore the significant risk to the security …Read more
Source: API WASHINGTON—The data breach at Target Corp. that exposed millions of credit card numbers has focused attention on the patchwork of state consumer notification laws and renewed a push for a single national standard. Most states have laws that require retailers to disclose data breaches, but …Read more
Asheville Citizen-Times –Asheville, North Carolina Disks containing personal information belonging to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services may have accidentally been taken to a local landfill, rather than properly destroyed. The Department has alerted the state Bureau of Investigation, as well as the Consumer …Read more
A human resources department employee takes home employee data that is then stolen by her boyfriend. A Peabody, MA man will spend seven years in federal prison for leading an identity fraud ring that cost retailers nearly $400,000, federal prosecutors said. William Dodge, 46, will have to …Read more
The Federal Trade Commission testified before Congress today on the agency’s ongoing efforts to promote data security, and reiterated its support for enactment of a strong federal data security and breach notification law. Testifying on behalf of the Commission before the Senate Judiciary Committee, FTC Chairwoman Edith …Read more
