FACTA IS ENFORCEABLE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

FACTA IS ENFORCEABLE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT As of tomorrow, any person or business under the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission is required to destroy all discarded personal information contained on a credit report or derived from a credit report. That’s because June 1st is the long-awaited FTC FACTA Disposal Rule effective date, marking the…

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New Law Requires All Businesses to Shred

New Law Requires All Businesses to Shred PHOENIX, May 31 /U.S. Newswire/ — As of midnight tonight, most businesses will have to shred, burn, pulverize, or otherwise properly dispose of any documents containing consumer credit information before those documents can be thrown away. The requirement stems from a provision in the federal Fair and Accurate…

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New paper disposal rule for consumer data kicks in

New paper disposal rule for consumer data kicks in Starting Wednesday, businesses that have consumer report data must ensure that their methods for discarding such information adhere to certain guidelines. The Federal Trade Commission issued the new rule last November in response to direction from the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA).…

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Identity theft

Identity theft by Attorney General Gregg Abbott 5/26/2005 – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today urged Texans to protect themselves from identity theft by shredding any documents with personal information before disposing of them. The announcement kicked off “Shred It!”, a statewide public awareness campaign to educate consumers about the threat of ID theft and…

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Law aims to shred identity theft

Law aims to shred identity theft By Ron Mizutani Shredding important documents is no longer just being responsible. Starting June 1, it will be mandatory for most businesses. A federal law will require that companies properly destroy consumer information. They say we live in a paper less society but Kaleo Allado doesn’t buy it. “I work…

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Consumer Watch Shredder Danger

Consumer Watch Shredder Danger By Kirby Adams We’ve been telling you the importance of shredding any of your documents or mail that have your personal information on them in order to protect you from identity theft. Now however, we need to warn you about a danger with the shredder themselves. During the past five years,…

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Identity Theft Texas

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today urged Texans to protect themselves from identity theft by shredding any documents with personal information before disposing of them. The announcement kicked off “Shred It!”, a statewide public awareness campaign to educate consumers about the threat of ID theft and what can be done to prevent it. “Identity thieves…

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Starting soon, your financial secrets must be torn to shreds

Starting soon, your financial secrets must be torn to shreds Author: James Fisher OCEAN CITY — Ladies and gentlemen, start your shredders. Businesses across the country may be scrambling this month to be ready to follow a new federal law that takes effect in June. To avoid a penalty, they’ll have to destroy any personal…

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New rules to require all firms to shred papers

New rules to require all firms to shred papers Author: Toledo Blade New federal rules effective next Wednesday will require businesses to destroy employee and customer records that contain personal identification information before disposing of the papers. Experts say the requirements will be a boon to document-shredding firms and will add a chore for small…

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