Paper Shredding News
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…
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…
Read MoreDiscarding of personal information properly
Discarding of personal information properly Author: Channel 8 If you own a business, whether you have one or a hundred employees, you may want to head to the store by next week and pick up a shredder. A new provision on an old law makes it illegal for you to just throw away person information.…
Read MoreNew Law About To Send Shredding On A Tear
New Law About To Send Shredding On A Tear Author: Alan Wagmeister Part of the new consumer credit law will have anyone employing even one person shredding documents. Undated — Do you shred? If not, get ready to. You’ve heard about shredding. You understand that it’s probably a good idea to shred any receipts that…
Read MoreFACTA Law – Document Destruction Required
By Will Shanley The Denver Post Federal law – document destruction required even small businesses to adopt practice to fight identity theft. Shredding facts • Possible penalties for violating new federal document-destruction provisions: • Federal fines: Up to $2,500 for each violation. • Civil lawsuits: Consumers may recover actual and punitive damages, as well as…
Read MoreFACTA – The fair and accurate credit transaction Act
FACTA – The fair and accurate credit transaction Act I bet this is one most of you didn’t know about. I didn’t until Al’s Morning Meeting reader Elliot Weiler, Consumer Reporter at WBRE-TV, told me about it. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) got a lot of press some months ago because it…
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