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"We comply with information regulations such as HIPAA and Graham Leach Bliley, so we need to make sure that everything is properly destroyed. IntelliShred shreds everything right here at our location and then gives us a Certificate of Destruction for our records."

Lisa Schaaf
Certified Credit & Collection Bureau

 

"We needed to do a one-time shred of our documents and called a number of shredding companies. IntelliShred not only gave us the best price, they guaranteed in writing that the price quoted would not increase after our boxes were weighed. In fact they said if anything, the price could actually decrease if the weight was lower than estimated."

Anna Marie Wharton
Colavita USA

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Paper shredding laws

Overview of the federal laws that impact paper shredding and document destruction

The federal government has enacted over 40 information destruction laws to protect consumers against identity theft and information fraud. Here's a synopsis of the most significant pieces of consumer and business information protection legislation:

FACTA
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA) requires that any individual or business that maintains personal consumer information must take reasonable care to protect against unauthorized access to this information, and they must also destroy personal consumer information before it is discarded. Violation of FACTA, which went into effect in 2005, can mean fines and penalties of up to $2,500 for each consumer record compromised.

Note: FACTA is complex piece of legislation and there is no single government web page for the entire law and subsequent amendments

HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets national standards for the protection of personal health information. HIPAA, which went into effect in 1996, requires all healthcare providers, including any organization that transmits personal health information, to maintain the confidentiality of this information and to destroy the information before it is discarded.

GLB
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires that all financial institutions protect the confidential information of their clients. Banks, credit unions, mortgage companies, investment and financial services firms and insurance underwriters are among those affected. Fines for violating GLB can be severe. American United Mortgage Company was fined $50.000 for violating GLB.

FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA) protects the privacy of student educational records.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Sarbanes-Oxley is a very complicated and wide-reaching federal law that is primarily focused on corporate accounting, and financial reporting. Information destruction is referenced in the law.

 

Paper shredding Facts

Why Paper Shredding Is So Important

• Identity fraud is the fastest growing crime in America

• Identity theft is the number one concern of consumers

• According to two studies done in 2003 (Gartner Research and Harris Interactive), approximately 7 million people became victims of identity theft in the prior 12 months. That equals 19,178 per day, 13.3 per minute.

• Identity theft victims now spend an average of 600 hours recovering from this crime

• Digging through public dumpsters and private trashcans looking for information is completely legal. The U.S. Supreme Court (California v. Greenwood, decided May 16, 1988), ruled that all rights of privacy and ownership are forfeited by your disposal in the trash.