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Walkway over the hudson marathon Judith Papo from HVShred explains the importance of recycling. Education to make a difference in our community.
Walkway over the hudson marathon Judith Papo from HVShred explains the importance of recycling. Education to make a difference in our community.
HV Shred is all about helping our community protect private information. Last week, we covered the basic overview of app safety. More specifically this week, we cover location data. Some apps use specific location data to share maps, coupons for nearby stores, or information about who we might know nearby. Some provide location data to ad…
Excerpted from ID Theft Alerts for October, 2008 Be Prepared for Mandatory Compliance of Federal Red FlagsLaw Identity theft continues to accelerate, and protecting against it has become a multimillion dollar business. A survey conducted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2006 estimated that 8.3 million American consumers, or 3.7 percent of the adult…
Staying on our recycling theme, this week’s HV Shred blog aims to inspire readers to make recycling a New Year’s Resolution. In addition to the increased ease of single stream covered in last week’s blog, there are other items to consider: Last month we touched on hazardous items such as electronics, automotive batteries, chemicals and…
Today, we credit the FTC consumer information blog as the source for our weekly effort to educate our community. The blog addresses the growing problem of text message spam. Scammers often use the promise of free gifts, like computers or gift cards, or product offers, like cheap mortgages, credit cards, or debt relief services to…
At HV Shred, the majority of our clients are commercial. Nevertheless, we like to use our blog for public service type announcements. We came across this good advice in one of our trade journals so wanted to pass it along. It’s the season where we experience the bittersweet send off of our “not so young…
College grads are already out for the summer and the grade school students will be close behind. Vacations are on the horizon. What follows are some gentle reminders while on vacation. Truly, these are best practices all year round. It’s the free feeling of vacation that leads us to want to reinforce common sense when…