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.
AccuShred Launches Pink Bin Program to "Shred Cancer"
Document Destruction Company Donating Portion of Revenue to Susan G. Komen for the Cure by Barry Rosen
AccuShred's innovative Pink Bins to Shred Cancer program has already caused quite a buzz. Many area businesses have already joined AccuShred's fight against breast cancer, and have currently helped the company raise several thousand dollars...
How Banks are Aiding and Abetting Identity Theft
Why in the World are Banks Still Using SSNs as a Major Form of Customer Identification? by Martha C. White
To an identity thief, somebody else’s Social Security number is money in the bank. These nine digits unlock a world of phony credit and create a huge hassle for the poor person who actually holds that number...
A HIPAA Bust Waiting to Happen
Pharmacist Offers Insight into HIPAA and the Local Pharmacy by David Stanley
Pharmacies are one of many different industries for whom AccuShred provides information destruction services. The following article is written by a pharmacist about the need for pharmacies to be especially aware of HIPAA regulations and enforcecment...
E-Waste Bill Gains Broad Support
Bill to Restrict Recyclers From Dumping Electronic Waste Overseas by Jess Kamen
When it comes to electronics, gadget-loving Americans tend to take an “in with the new, out with the old” approach — with little regard for what happens to the old. But the fate of discarded computers, cellphones and TVs is precisely what’s at the heart of a bill recently introduced on Capitol Hill...
McAndrew Explains HIPAA Audits
Compliance Audits to Start After Protocols Tested McAndrew Explains HIPAA Audits by Howard Anderson
The Department of Health and Human Services recently awarded a $9.2 million contract to the consulting firm KPMG to launch the audit program as mandated by the HITECH Act. The HHS Office for Civil Rights will work with KPMG to roll out the program in three phases...