AccuShred Posts Best Quarter Ever
Company Shows 48% Increase Over Same Period Last Year
by Jeff Green
In a time when the economy has not been kind to many companies, Toledo, Ohio-based information destruction company, AccuShred, has experienced tremendous growth while posting its best quarter volume increase ever...
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Identity Theft a Growing Problem in Genesee County Michigan
Identity Theft Complaints in Michigan Rose by 22.7% in 2008
by Flint News
Last year in Genesee County, the FTC reported that nearly 500 complaints of identity theft were filed compared to 366 in 2007. Nationwide, complaints rose to almost 314,000 in 2008 from about 256,000 in 2007, an increase of nearly 23 percent...
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Economic Stimulus Legislation Expands Scope And Enforcement Of HIPAA
New Measure Makes Business Associates Independently Subject To HIPAA
by Deborah S. Birnbach
New legislation makes business associates, and not just the covered entities to which they provide services, directly subject to HIPAA's privacy and security requirements as well as the penalties for violating those requirements. Under the changes ushered in by the HITECH Act, business associates will now be subject to the same government civil and criminal penalties as covered entities.
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Lawyers Required to Protect Personal Information Under New Federal Rule
FTC Will Begin Enforcement of the “Red Flags Rule” on May 1
by Susan D. Oja
Those subject to the rule are “creditors” and financial institutions who maintain consumer-type accounts or other accounts at reasonable risk of identity theft. The FTC noted that identity thieves look for opportunities to obtain products or services that do not require payment up-front...
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Leaving PCs on Overnight Costs Companies $2.8B a Year
About Half of Office PCs Are Not Properly Shut Down
by Jon Swartz
AccuShred's parent company, State Paper and Metal, is a 75 year old recycling firm - so not only is the protection of sensitive information important to us, being environmentally friendly is, as well. Every now and and again, we will provide "Going Green" articles - this one stresses the high cost of leaving your computer on at night...
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