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Accumulating paper documents is inevitable for both homes and businesses. Receipts, financial records, old contracts, and personal documents can pile up quickly. Over time, these
Compliance failures rarely happen because a business ignores the rules. More often, they happen because secure document disposal is treated as a task instead of
According to worldmetrics.org, office paper consumption has been declining by about 4% annually from 2020 to 2025. Compounded over that same period, this amounts to
Generally, business records should be retained for two purposes: Their usefulness to the organization in verifying and assessing transactions, correspondence and other matters material to the organization. Compliance with corporate
If you questioned business leaders, you would find that they all believe the secure disposal of sensitive information is critically important. If you then asked
Protecting discarded sensitive media is Shred Vault’s sole focus and mission. It’s our superpower. And because it’s our superpower, our clients are free to focus
What do HIPAA, HITECH, FACTA, GLBA, FERPA, ECPA, COPPA, VPPA, CCPA, CPRA, BIPA, CDPA, CPA, CPDPOM, MOCA, MDPL, and NYPA all have in common? They’re
Because it had been severely harmed by casually discarded documents, a certain major automobile manufacturer became very vigilant about shredding everything in-house. And, due to
Several years ago, a major manufacturer that was spending thousands of dollars per year to securely destroy competitive trade information discovered that many of its
Whether it’s Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars routinely searching trash cans and dumpsters for clues, Rooney Mara as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo rummaging
The year 1996 was a big year for information protection in the United States. Not only was it the year the Health Insurance Portability and
The accumulation of old records and electronics is a common challenge for most organizations. While owners and managers realize that secure destruction is required at
Inconsistencies in secure information destruction policies and procedures have led to virtually every embarrassing data disposal incident. The shame of that fact—and the good news,
