Sitting around the Seder table at this year’s Passover Seder telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt and the liberation of the Jews from the tyrant Pharaoh made me think about the small ways in which our on-site shredding service is also a liberation. Not on biblical proportions–but on-site shredding service does free businesses…
This past Saturday was Earth Hour–a celebration to bring awareness to the limited resources and the preciousness of our home planet–Earth. Earth Hour is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held worldwide annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their…
Over the course of the 2014 events in conjunction with the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (HVFCU), Walden Federal Savings (Now Hometown Bank of the Hudson Valley), Wallkill Valley Federal Savings, Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union, and Mid Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union we are thrilled to have helped community members recycle over 50 tons…
Frequenters of the HV Shred blog know that we often use this space to share valuable information we find on OnGuardOnline, the FTC blog designed to share information for consumer protection. A recent post by Consumer Education Specialist Amy Hebert caught our attention as worthy of sharing. Hebert writes about a new scam email that…
Robocalls are not just annoying—they are also costing our economy money through lost productivity as well as some falling to the scams. Aiming to tap into the private business brain trust, the FTC is returning to DEF CON with a new robocall challenge. Zapping Rachel, the FTC’s 2014 contest, challenged security experts to build tools…
In this month of record low temperatures, we are warmed by our record total of shredding and recycling. Thanks to the continued support of the Hudson Valley business community and our recent acquisition of Metroshred we shred and recycled nearly 80 tons of confidential paperwork in the month of February. That’s enough paper to protect…
Tax season is now in full swing and a story dominating the scene has been false filings specifically targeting TurboTax users. State tax departments are telling victims they should contact the Internal Revenue Service and their state tax authority as well as the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC advises consumers who have discovered theft of…
With all the snow lately, there has been some extra quiet time for offices to go through old files and do some new year cleaning out. Here is some basic guidance: Whether it is a client’s financial information or your own, you need to shred all documents. This includes paperwork that has credit card information…
Great news Hudson Valley! Judith Papo, President and owner of HV Shred, Inc. and Dean Rothstein, President and owner of Metroshred Document Destruction are excited to announce as of February 1st the two companies have merged. “We have long considered ourselves partners in the industry so this just makes that relationship official,” said Judith…
A couple of weeks ago, we covered the fact that Identity Theft is still the top scam as determined by the IRS. The other prevalent scams warrant attention as well. Though there are lots of warnings about pervasive telephone scams, many are still falling prey. These involved the use of false and misleading information that…