The Risks Associated with Off-Site Document Shredding

The Risks of Off-Site Document Destruction

Today, every business collects and maintains sensitive information. You may be wondering what to do with those important documents when they’re no longer needed. Customer lists, credit card information, medical records are all things that need to be properly shredded when it’s time to dispose of them.

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3 Major Benefits of a Secure On-Site Shredding Program

3 Major Benefits of a Secure On-Site Shredding Program

In today’s world of business, on-site paper shredding is quickly gaining popularity as the most secure method of ensuring compliance and document destruction. With privacy laws, like HIPAA for example, companies are legally responsible for the protection of customer information, and failure to comply can be costly. That means they need to be 100 percent…

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Press Release: Mobile Shredding Association Against Move to Diminish the Importance of On-site Shredding

In an announcement made during an Earnings Report Conference Call on April 28, 2016 Stericycle, the largest on-site shredding company in the world built on the slogan “on-site done right”, announced a deliberate move to convert all Shred-It clients from on-site to off-site shredding. In short, the report reflects their intent to convert the Shred-It…

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Theft in a Medical and Healthcare: What You Need to Know

Medical Office Shredding

Most medical providers get into the field for one main reason: to help others. They are honest and hardworking in pursuit of their goal to improving their patients’ health. But they also have the responsibility of protecting their identity, medical records, and sensitive information in accordance with the law.

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How Long Should a Small Business Keep Credit Card Receipts?

credit card receipt shredding

Customers have up to 18 months to dispute charges on their credit card bill. And that could have a major impact on your business. If businesses don’t keep credit card receipts from sales transactions for 18 months, your business could be liable to return the money on disputed charges to the purchaser’s credit card company.

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What Government Agencies Need To Shred

government document shredding

Following an investigation of government processes, The Washington Post ran a March 2014 story about the mountain-sized files of paper stored inside a former Pennsylvania limestone mine, where truckloads of government paper is taken every day – just to handle the information necessary to process retirement claims for government employees.

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