December is not only the shop ‘til you drop season, it’s also National Identity Theft Prevention and Awareness month, reminding retailers and businesses that they need to not only protect themselves from a data breach but also make their employees aware of identity fraud scammers who target seasonal help. According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is the number one […]
Read More →Failure to shred leads to data breach
on December 13, 2012in Shredding News
Officials at Litton & Giddings Radiological Associates (LGRA) announced Wednesday a potential breach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which may have compromised the personal health information of some 13,000 patients. According to a company press release, the mistake occurred due to a miscommunication between its billing company and janitorial provider. On July […]
Read More →California Data Breach Affects Thousands
on December 13, 2012in Shredding News
The California Department of Health Care Services inadvertently posted online nearly 14,000 Social Security numbers belonging to Medi-Cal providers in 25 counties, KCRA reports. Medi-Cal is California”s Medicaid program. Details of the Breach DHCS officials said that the confidential data were available on the state”s Medi-Cal website for a period of nine days before the mistake was […]
Read More →Purge
on December 4, 2012in Blog
It’s that time of year again, yes the holiday season, but also time to shred those old files. Every company has to keep on file several years of documents so it is best to shred those old documents on a yearly schedule. Not only will it free up space but it will be out of […]
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