Data Destruction News
May 2009   VOLUME 5 ISSUE 5  
TOPICS
Security: In Numbers
AccuShred News
Feature
Identity Theft
HIPAA
CONTENTS
AccuShred Teams With BBB, City of Sylvania, Destroys Documents
Using Order, Honesty and Respect to Keep White Collar Criminal Activity Absent from Your Office
Curtis Granderson: Protecting Your Identity is Always a Challenge
Recent Study: Lost Laptop May Cost You $50,000
HIPAA Reform Raises the Bar on Privacy Compliance
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AccuShred Teams With BBB, City of Sylvania, Destroys Documents
Record 33,000 Pounds of Paper Shredded in Two Seperate Events
by Jeff Green

Last month, AccuShred teamed up with the Better Business Bureau of Greater Toledo and the City of Sylvania, Ohio on successive Saturdays to help the public properly dispose of its sensitive information. Judging by the turnout at each Shred Day, there is an obvious need for such events...

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Using Order, Honesty and Respect to Keep White Collar Criminal Activity Absent from Your Office
Financial Effects of Corporate Espionage Can Be Devastating
by Sharon Trabbic

In continuation of its partnership with William Vaughan Company to "Curb Identity Theft," William Vaughan principal, Sharon Trabbic writes about the drastic effects of white-collar crime on business and offers tips on preventing corporate espionage...

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Curtis Granderson: Protecting Your Identity is Always a Challenge
Detroit Tigers Outfielder Blogs About Identity Theft in the Major Leagues
by Curtis Granderson

Detroit Tiger leadoff hitter, Curtis Granderson, is also a part-time blogger for Yahoo sports. Recently, he wrote an article that hits close to AccuShred's heart. The following is Curtis' blog about identity theft in professional sports...

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Recent Study: Lost Laptop May Cost You $50,000
Value of Missing Intellectual Property May be Detrimental to Your Business
by San Jose Mercury News

A typical lost or stolen laptop costs employers $49,246, mostly because of the value of the missing intellectual property or other sensitive data, according to an Intel-commissioned study recently made public...

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HIPAA Reform Raises the Bar on Privacy Compliance
Covered Entities Must Enter Into Business Associate Agreements With Their Vendors
by Alden J. Bianchi

When Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, it also enacted the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), which extends certain substantive HIPAA privacy and security provisions to business associates....

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