January 2010   VOLUME 6 ISSUE 1   TOPICS Security: In Numbers Electronics Destruction AccuShred News Feature Identity Theft HIPAA CONTENTS Recycling as a Means of Regulatory Compliance? AccuShred Helps Support Haitian Relief Cause Health Net Sued for HIPAA Violations Former Clerk at Dentist Office Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft Smartphone Security Next Big Thing EPA May Reconsider Toxic Waste Loophole 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 December 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 11 November 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 10 August 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 8 July 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 7 June 2009 Vol. 5 Issue 6 [MORE] Recycling as a Means of Regulatory Compliance? Recycling is Not a Safe Alternative to Information Destruction by National Association for Information Destruction As organizations examine their alternatives to meet information destruction compliance requirements, they sometimes happen across firms that lead them to believe that paper recycling is adequate. Vendors that represent paper recycling as providing the requisite security assure the client that all materials will end up at a paper mill and thereby will be destroyed... [FULL STORY]   AccuShred Helps Support Haitian Relief Cause Paper Shredding Company Collects Goods, Funds for Haitian Earthquake Victims by Jeff Green To help support the Haitian earthquake relief cause, the AccuShred team partnered with other local companies and organized a donation drive for goods and funds. A large of number of goods were donated, and AccuShred would like to thank all those who came together and helped out... [FULL STORY]   Health Net Sued for HIPAA Violations Lost Hard Drive Contained Information of 1.5 Million Members by Joseph Goedert Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed a lawsuit charging Health Net of Connecticut Inc. with violations of the HIPAA privacy and security rules following a large breach of identifiable medical records and Social Security numbers... [FULL STORY]   Former Clerk at Dentist Office Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft Patient Information was Used to Open Accounts, Steal Money by The Brownsville Herald A financial clerk for a Brownsville, Texas dentist has been sentenced to spend more than five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges related to identity theft. The clerk used patient information to open and bill credit card accounts... [FULL STORY]   Smartphone Security Next Big Thing Mobile Security Market to Exceed $4 Billion by 2014 by Lexton Snol According to a new study by ABI Research, the number of smartphones protected by advanced security software will increase fivefold over the next five years.Enterprises with mobile workforces have growing concerns about lost and stolen handsets, due to the increasing amount of data stored on a typical smartphone... [FULL STORY]   EPA May Reconsider Toxic Waste Loophole EPA Looking for Public Input on Environmental Justice Concerns by Environmental Leader Magazine The remnants from e-waste recycling may have to find another destination if the EPA reverses stance on a toxic-waste disposal loophole. One of the issues revolves around PCBs used in some electronics equipment... [FULL STORY]   Corporate Recycling Does Your Company Have a Recycling Program in Place? Yes. No. Not Sure. (So, Ask!)   See Results www.accushred.net or call (800) 747-3341 Published by AccuShred, LLC Copyright © 2010 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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