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Mailing & Physical
Address:
3205 Easy Street
Augusta, Georgia 30904
Toll
Free: 1-800-778-2456
Phone:
706-737-6255
Fax:
803-643-0074
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"Document
destruction is just good business, and more
to the point in recent years, it's the law."
- Bob Johnson, Executive Director, NAIDS
According
to a study released by the FTC in September
of 2003, nearly 10 million Americans were the
victims of identity theft in the previous year
alone. The study also found that businesses
in the United States lost $47 billion and consumers
lost approximately $5 billion as a result of
identity theft during the same period. Identity
theft and information-based fraud is the fastest
growing crime in the United States.
- Employees,
both past and present, have a legal right
to have their personal information protected
by shredding it before it is discarded.
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Casually
discarding company information, whether in
the form of an individual's personal information
or company trade information, shows a callous
disregard for customer and shareholder welfare.
It exposes customers to the threat of identity
theft and other forms of fraud. It also risks
your company losing its trade secret protections
in court.
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The
courts have demonstrated many times that they
will not recognize trade information protections
if a company doesn't take every step to protect
the information themselves. Casual disposal
of information has been the basis for courts
to deny trade information rights which otherwise
would have been enforceable.
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The
United States Supreme Court has ruled that
you forfeit all rights of ownership of casually
discarded information.
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According
to Federal Law Enforcement statistics, employees
and former employees commit more than 70%
of all corporate crimes.
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Average
amount of money spent to clear identity thefts,
not including legal fees: $1,495
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Number
of hours victims spent recovering from identity
theft: 600
Commonly
Shredded Items
- Classified
Documents
- Contracts
- Estimates
- Meeting
Minutes
- Medical
Records
- Legal
Documents
- Financial
Reports
- Payroll
Records
- Magnetic
Media, Tapes and Disks
- Cancelled
& Blank Checks
- Patent
Application Material
- Price
Lists
- Personnel
Files
- Bids
and Quotation
- Information
on Industry Competitors
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- Advertising
Misprints
- Lottery
Tickets
- Maps
& Blueprints
- New
Product Proposals
- Inventory
Lists
- Invoices
- Customer
Lists
- Tax
Records
- Microfilm
& Fiche
- All
Outdated Business Records
- Bank
Statements
- Account
Records & Ledgers
- Seismic
Data & Maps
- Plastic
Credit & ID Cards
- Confidential
Correspondence
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Dunn's
Review estimates that corporate espionage casts
United States businesses more than $7 billion
in losses annually.
The
US Department of Justice estimates that an average
of 34,000 property crimes which, includes the
theft of confidential material, occurs everyday.
Those information thefts are caught only 2%
of the time and cost businesses an average of
$800,000 per instance.
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