Hudson Valley walkway over the hudson Marathon (Green Race)

Perhaps even more frequently than every day, it seems like there is a new scam hatching.  Here’s a new one we learned about from a fellow member of the NYS CPA Society. In a recent message board post, Mr. Mendlowitz warned to be on the lookout for ‘One Ring’ cell phone scams. It’s called the…

Happy 2014!  We thank all who supported us through 2013 and are excited to share the news that together we recycled nearly 600 tons of confidential paperwork. In 2013, HV Shred clients helped save: over 10,000 trees over 4 million gallons of water over 250,000 gallons of oil over 1800 cubic yards of landfill space…

This week’s blog is adapted from a recent post on the Homeland Security blog “Stop. Think. Connect.” The posts reminds us that data privacy concerns are a real and rising issue for American citizens and businesses. According to a survey from the National Cyber Security Alliance, 92 percent of Internet users in the United States…

When we see valuable information, we like to pass it along to our community.  Recently the ITRC (Identity Theft Resource Center) published information about how web users can be more proactive protecting their privacy when they surf the web. Here are a few  of their top tips for safely using the Google Chrome Web Browser:…

More often than not, the news around identity theft is disturbing.  A recent post by Nat Wood, Associate Director from the Consumer & Business Education at the FTC shows sometimes the good guys prevail. Over the last few years, the FTC has warned that imposter scams are among the most common types of scams–when callers…