This week’s blog is adapted from a recent article by Lisa Gerstner from Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. She addresses what to do of your personal computer, smartphone, or other device is lost or stolen. We all know these devices are embedded with a treasure trove of personal information. A thief who steals your device may be…
In our never-ending effort to keep our community informed of the best practices is identity theft protection, this week we adapt a recent post from the “Stop. Think. Connect.” blog posted by the Department Of Homeland Security. The post explains how important it is that we recognize that we now live in a “smart world,”…
As we embark on a new school year, we’d like to “school” our blog community with some tips for how to tell one shredding service apart from another. We encourage all businesses and individuals wherever they are and how small or large the service to THINK LOCAL FIRST. Local businesses like HV Shred are more…
Continuing with our theme of best practices for identity theft protection and building on last week’s post of strong passwords, this week we highlight those security questions. This post too is adapted from a recent post on OnGuard On Line by Whitney Merrill Legal Fellow, Division of Privacy and Identity Theft Protection, FTC. If you…
Best practices for identity theft protection is a theme of our HV Shred Blog. A recent post on On-Guard On-Line by Whitney Merrill Legal Fellow, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, FTC is a good refresher when it comes to password common sense. When the time comes to create another password, be sure it a…
This week we turn again to the “IC3” Internet Crime Complaint Center established as a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to receive Internet related criminal complaints and to further research, develop, and refer the criminal complaints to federal, state, local, or international law enforcement…
In a recent blog by Lois C. Greisman Associate Director, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC, the latest trend is to add insult to injury. Among the latest scams is hackers using the on-line dating sites to steal identities. Heart break in this case leads also to heart burn and even worse depending. On-Guard On Line…
Once again turning to a favorite resource, we adapt the latest entry by Consume Education Specialist Amy Hebert from the FTC’s On Guard On Line website. The focus this week is on safe travel arrangements. Whether you travel a lot or just a little, you’ve probably gone online to book a hotel stay. Sometimes you…
There are many reasons you should be using a shredding vendor to handle the destruction of your confidential documents, but the biggest motive for businesses to outsource this task is always security. Proper document destruction means compliance, because non-compliance can be costly, embarrassing, and have long-term financial effects, not to mention your brand’s name will…
There are many reasons you should be using a shredding vendor to handle the destruction of your confidential documents, but the biggest motive for businesses to outsource this task is always security. Proper document destruction means compliance, because non-compliance can be costly, embarrassing, and have long-term financial effects, not to mention your brand’s name will…