Why Shred?
Responsibly destroying you information is not only a good business practice, it's the law. Using a shredding company provides a "Chain of Custody" which limits your liability. Protecting your documents is our business. Utilizing Shredding & Destruction Services for your materials is the right choice.
Documents which are mandated to be protected by law:
Documents which contain confidential material:
Documents which are mandated to be protected by law:
- FACTA - Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, also known as the FACT Act, was signed into law on December 4, 2003. The Act contains a number of provisions intended to combat identity theft and consumer fraud and related crimes. The act requires the destruction of papers containing consumer information. This law binds virtually every business or organization.
- HIPPA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (revised by Congress in 2000) is a federal law that governs the handling of confidential medical and personal information and records. Civil and Criminal penalties, as well as fines, may result from the inadvertent disclosure of personal information. All company's that handle medical and personal information must be in compliance with the federal standards by April of 2003.
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB) - Financial: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, which went into effect in July of 2002, governs the handling of all personal information. Much broader in scope than HIPPA, this law was designed to compel financial institutions to "respect the privacy of its customers" and mandates that all financial institutions establish procedures for protecting personal information, including the protection of discarded information.
- California Civil Code 1798-80 - 1798.84 - Personal Information States that - A business shall take all reasonable steps to destroy, or arrange for the destruction of a customer's records within its custody or control containing personal information which is no longer to be retained by the business by (1) shredding, (2) erasing, or (3) otherwise modifying the personal information in those records to make it unreadable or undecipherable through any means.
Documents which contain confidential material:
- Customer information
- Marketing
- Employee information
- Proposals and quotes
- Financial reports
- Out-dated business records