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Why
"Shred With Us"?
Because information is power! All
businesses are entrusted with information that must remain confidential.
Customers, vendors, and employees have a legal right to have their information
protected. When a company discards information without proper destruction,
it usually ends up in the dumpster where it is easily--and legally
exposed to the public. Once the breach in trust is broken, companies are
at risk of criminal and civil prosecution, as well as the costly loss of good
reputation and business.
Identity theft is on the rise nationwide, with someone falling victim at an
alarming rate of every 79 seconds. It is estimated that this year alone,
over 400,000 Americans will be robbed of their identities, with more than $4
billion stolen in their names. With a minimal amount of personal
information found in refuse, criminals have ruined credit, stolen social
security checks, and charged hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash advances
and merchandise credit card numbers. Where would a thief get such
information? His best source is your garbage!
How do you protect yourself and those who entrust you with their personal
information? The answer is simple: Shred With Us.
Utilizing state-of-the-art shredding equipment, we offer the most convenient and
cost effective method of document destruction available while guaranteeing the
highest level of information security. Responsible businesses use Shred
With Us as an integral step in the paper flow process. If it
absolutely, positively has to be destroyed, call Shred With
Us.
The Supreme Court
has
ruled that information in your trash is "fair game" to anyone.
The current law in the United States (federal as well as state law) is that:
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a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy for contents of garbage and
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a person has relinquished any property interest in garbage, even when it sits in metal trash cans or opaque plastic bags at the person's home awaiting collection.