Archive for May 2005
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…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreNew 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).…
Read MoreIdentity 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…
Read MoreLaw 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…
Read MoreConsumer 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,…
Read MoreIdentity 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…
Read MoreStarting 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…
Read MoreAXS-One Sets Industry Standard for Performance in Records Compliance Management Technology
AXS-One Sets Industry Standard for Performance in Records Compliance Management Technology Offers Search Speeds of 2-3 Seconds for 10 Million E-Mail Records Distribution Source : Market Wire Date : Wednesday – May 25, 2005 RUTHERFORD, N.J. — (Market Wire – May 25, 2005) — AXS-One Inc. (AMEX: AXO), a leading provider of high performance records…
Read MoreNew 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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