Summary: In 1988, the US Supreme Court ruled in the California v. Greenwood case that garbage is public domain. The case involved the police departments search of a drug dealers trash. They found enough drug paraphernalia to issue a warrant for his arrest and eventual conviction. Although Greenwoods attorney appealed that the search violated his…
The ID Theft Resource center recently released its overview of trends in identity theft for 2010. The following are areas to be wary as ID thieves get more and more creative: Increasing unemployment makes jobless vulnerable to job listing scams Otherwise honest people with maxed credit cards will turn criminal for quick cash–maybe using phony…
The latest identity theft research study released February, 2010 by Javelin Strategy & Research found that the number of identity fraud victims in the United States increased 12 percent to 11.1 million adults in 2009, while the total annual fraud amount increased by 12.5 percent to $54 billion . The report found that protection of…
Always interested in contributing to the business community, HV Shred was honored to be among the sponsors for the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce’s National Legislative Action Update Breakfast at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel on April 6th, 2010. The keynote speaker, US Senator Charles Schumer, sent out a generally upbeat message to the gathering…
Aiming to make the security and simplicity of on-site shredding accessible to all our neighbors in the Hudson Valley, HV Shred, Inc. partners with local institutions to offer community shred events. We thank our partners at Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Walden Federal Bank, Catskill Hudson Bank, Mahopac National Bank, Wallkill Valley Federal Savings & Loan,…
Thanks to everyone who attended our ribbon shredding! We are proud to be the exclusive shredding service for both offices of The Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Here we are with our fantastic supporters cutting the ribbon in front of an HV Shred console with the graphics specially created by Tristan Wellling from FastSigns for the…
Maybe it’s a good thing that the April 15th tax deadline and the urge to spring clean coincide. It feels good to throw out some of the financial records stuffing your filing cabinets. But before you head for the dumpster, make sure you’re not disposing of records you may need. You don’t want to be…
Excerpted from Inside 1:1 Privacy Behavioral Targeting; American Attitudes and Awareness TRUSTe, in collaboration with global market insight and information group TNS, conducted an online study on American Internet users’ knowledge, attitudes and concerns about behavioral targeting and its online privacy implications. The study indicates that though most Americans are aware that their Internet activities…
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months. The FCRA promotes the accuracy and privacy of information in the files of the nation’s consumer reporting…
Though it is the widely held belief that identity theft is predominantly a result of increased business conducted electronically, The Security of Paper Documents in the Workplace study conducted by Ponemon Institute in October, 2008 showed paper documents are a still the major hazard. In this study, the vast majority of respondents (80%) who self-reported…