August 2009   VOLUME 5 ISSUE 8   TOPICS Security: In Numbers Electronics Destruction AccuShred News In the News HIPAA FACTA CONTENTS AccuShred Team Members Become Authorized Compliance Toolkit Providers Finance Firm Slapped with Fines for Lack of Destruction Policies Sifting Through the Mounting Problem of E-Waste FTC Delays “Red Flags” Rule For Identity Theft Yet Again Fake Security Software Steals $34 Million Monthly HHS Delegates Authority for the HIPAA Security Rule to New Department SUBSCRIBE Email Address: First Name: Last Name: Title: Company: Phone Number: (Optional) Add Remove ABOUT ACCUSHRED Your business needs to maintain the privacy and security of sensitive information and products.  AccuShred helps you respond to the growing threat of information and identity theft by providing secure destruction of documents, computer discs, hard drives, tapes, x-rays and other media.  AccuShred is AAA NAID Certified and specializes in helping your business meet and maintain HIPAA, FACTA and Graham-Leach-Bliley compliance standards. Visit us at www.accushred.net. ARCHIVE July 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 7 June 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 6 May 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 5 April 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 4 March 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 3 [MORE] AccuShred Team Members Become Authorized Compliance Toolkit Providers Staff Joins VP in Ability to Provide Policy and Procedure Guidelines by Jeff Green AccuShred is proud to announce that two more members of its sales team are part of limited number of information security professionals, nationwide, to be authorized as a distributor of a new Information Destruction Policy Compliance Toolkit... [FULL STORY]   Finance Firm Slapped with Fines for Lack of Destruction Policies Regulation S-P Requires Firms to Reasonably Protect Consumer Information In the Order, the Division of Enforcement alleges that between July 1, 2001 and approximately mid-September 2006, J.P. Turner failed to adopt and implement policies and procedures designed reasonably to safeguard customer records and information as required by... [FULL STORY]   Sifting Through the Mounting Problem of E-Waste 80 Pecent of E-Waste Worldwide is NOT Recycled by Matt Ford In 2008 a Greenpeace study, "Not in My Backyard", found that in Europe only 25 percent of the e-waste was recycled safely. In the U.S. it is only 20 percent and in developing countries it is less than one percent... [FULL STORY]   FTC Delays “Red Flags” Rule For Identity Theft Yet Again Enforcement of Red Flags Notification Delayed until November by Tom Ahearn To give creditors and financial institutions with covered accounts more time to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs to identify, detect, and respond to the red flags that could indicate identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission announced it will further delay... [FULL STORY]   Fake Security Software Steals $34 Million Monthly Cybercriminals Making Fortune by Preying on Computer Users by Thomas Claburn Ignorance may be bliss, but it can also be expensive. Insufficiently knowledgeable computer users are downloading and paying for fake security software in increasing numbers, creating massive revenue for cybercriminals... [FULL STORY]   HHS Delegates Authority for the HIPAA Security Rule to New Department Office of Civil Rights has been Issued Authority to Regulate Rule by HHS Press Office Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced that authority for the administration and enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Security Rule has been delegated to the Office for Civil Rights... [FULL STORY]   Compliance in the Workplace Does Your Company Have a Written Compliance Program in Place? Yes No Unsure - Let me check   See Results www.accushred.net or call (800) 747-3341 Published by AccuShred, LLC Copyright © 2009 AccuShred, LLC. All rights reserved. Data Destruction News is sent to AccuShred customers and anyone who has expressed interest in our services. To stop receiving this newsletter, enter your email address in the subscription box appearing within the newsletter and choose the Remove option. Or, just click one of the links at the bottom of the email message. TELL A FRIEND

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