HV Shred is proud to sponsor the April After Hours for the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce. The event is set for this Wednesday, April 27th from 5pm-7pm and is being hosted by Dutchess Stadium. As a special attraction, HV Shred is offering to help attendees jump start their spring cleaning–all attendees are invited…
According to a recent press release from the FTC, LifeLock, Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the company used false claims to promote its identity theft protection services, which it widely advertised by displaying…
When you add it all up, the most secure and economical method for your document destruction needs is ON-SITE shredding. Looking at the whole picture, using a common office shredder it would take roughly 20 minutes to destroy 4lbs of paper (about 400 sheets). Factor in a $12 an hour office employee and it will…
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…
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…