Dumpster Diving – A Medical Office’s Nightmare

HIPAA medical document compliance

HIPAA (the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) passed in 1996, and set in place very specific national standards for the secure storage and disposal of personal, protected health information by medical facilities, insurance companies, and more.

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Is a Recent Merger Disrupting Your Secure Shredding Program?

merger document shredding secure shred program

If you’re a client of a national shredding company, your secure shredding programs may have recently changed or a change could be in the works. Recent mergers may mean that your once attentive shredding service is no longer so conscientious of your needs. Most likely, if you are with a “big national,” the recent market changes have resulted…

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Avoid Wetware Breaches with EcoShredding

dumpster diving security breach

It seems like every day there’s a news story about malware, cyber-attacks, and internet breaches resulting in identity theft, at a potential cost of millions of dollars for individuals and businesses alike. What is rarely reported are Wetware security breaches, which include “Dumpster Diving,” dishonest employees, or plain old human error. These comprise more than…

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Realtors Need Reliable On-Site Shredding

Realtors Need Reliable On-Site Shredding

The great news in real estate is that the market has bounced back this year, with markets at their healthiest since 2006, according to June 2015 data from Realtor.com. Nationally, the median days on the market (or DOM) for residential real estate is 66 days, while in Georgia the median DOM is just 48 days.…

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Purge Day: The Day AFTER April 15

Even the most organized person in the world can feel overwhelmed when filing their taxes, with piles of documents, receipts, earnings statements, W2s, 1099s, 1040s, medical forms, property tax documents, mortgage documents, loss statements… the list of forms goes on and on. And that translates to a potential MOUNTAIN of paper.

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