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OVERVIEW OF SECURE SHREDDING
 Federal laws like HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and The Fair
and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) impose document security and destruction
requirements on many
industries. The
Georgia Information Privacy Act (SB 425) makes it
mandatory for all businesses to ensure the privacy of their
electronic and paper-based records. Any company in Georgia proven to have discarded personal
information without first shredding or otherwise destroying
it, faces up to $10,000 in fines. FACTA imposes similar
requirements on financial institutions or other businesses
destroying documents containing consumer information.
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“Any establishment that discards private
and proprietary data without the benefit
of destruction, exposes itself to the
risk of criminal and civil prosecution,
as well as the costly loss of business.”
---NAID, National Association for
Information Destruction
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