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Your organization must comply with laws and regulations, requiring that it protect certain information when it is discarded. An increasing number of laws actually require organization to shred or face steep fines. At the federal level, FACTA (credit report info), HIPAA (healthcare) and Gramm-Leach-Bliley (financial) require specific physical safeguards, such as shredding, to meet compliance. Stiff penalties can result!
Whether your customers are consumers concerned about identify theft and privacy, or companies concerned with protecting trade information, you are entrusted with information that they consider to be extremely confidential. In fact, whether you know it or not, you have an "implied contract" to protect information simply based on the fact that you are collecting the data to conduct business. They have the legal right to expect you to take every precaution to protect it, including shredding the data to conduct business.
In this day and age, it is very important that your organization exhibits the highest ethical standards. Casually discarding company information, whether in the form of an individual's personal information, or company trade information, shows a callous disregard for customer and shareholder welfare. It exposes customers to the threat of identity theft and other fraud. It also risks your company losing its trade secret protections in court.
to read our Regulatory Compliance PDF.
Call: (321) 276-2849 to speak with a knowledgeable document disposal expert.
Alligator Shredding serves Central and South Florida including in and around
: Altamonte Springs, Daytona Beach, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Fort Meyers, Orlando, Oviedo, Apopka, Ocoee, Kissimmee, Mascotte and Leesburg.
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