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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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