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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:46:46 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Paper Shredding News</title><subtitle>Paper Shredding News</subtitle><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-02-22T17:50:35Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Macy's carelessly tosses personal information in trash.</title><category term="Shredding News"/><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2010/2/22/macys-carelessly-tosses-personal-information-in-trash.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2010/2/22/macys-carelessly-tosses-personal-information-in-trash.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2010-02-22T17:23:20Z</published><updated>2010-02-22T17:23:20Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This story comes out of St. Louis, MO by TV station KTVI-FOX2. The story reports that back in the fall of 2009 a reporter working for the Missouri Lawyers Weekly found papers containing credit card numbers in the open trash dumpsters outside of Macy's department store. In response Macy's started using trash dumpsters with lids.</p>
<p>Fast forward to February 2010 and the same reporter found more papers containing personal information outside of the same Macy's department store. Macy's response was that it appeared a homeless person dug into the trash in order to create a bed out of those papers.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-macys-credit-card-personal-info-021010,0,5445374.story" target="_blank">Customers' Personal Information Found In A Macy's Dumpster.</a></p>
<p>Everyone can make a mistake once, but if you keep making the same mistake over and over then there's something wrong with you. It's so simple and cost effective to have a professional shredding company like Data Shredding Service, Inc. properly and securely destroy all confidential materials. Insist that companies that hold your personal information use a professional shredding company to shred their confidential documents.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Finance company throws personal information in dumpster</title><category term="Shredding News"/><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2010/1/26/finance-company-throws-personal-information-in-dumpster.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2010/1/26/finance-company-throws-personal-information-in-dumpster.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2010-01-26T17:35:59Z</published><updated>2010-01-26T17:35:59Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This story comes from TV station KTAL 6 from the ArkLaTex area of the United States. A reporter found personal information in the dumpster of a finance company. The personal information included social security numbers, account statements and personal addresses. The local police say no crime was committed because throwing away personal information is not illegal.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" title="http://arklatexhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=90421" href="http://arklatexhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=90421" target="_blank">Finance company throws personal information in dumpster.</a></p>
<p>Insist that companies that you do business with shred any personal information they may have. Data Shredding Service, Inc. provides secure and economical paper shredding services to individuals and companies of all sizes. There is no excuse for stories like this.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>ACORN Dumps Documents instead of Shredding.</title><category term="Shredding News"/><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/25/acorn-dumps-documents-instead-of-shredding.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/25/acorn-dumps-documents-instead-of-shredding.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-11-25T05:14:34Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T05:14:34Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This story from NBC Los Angeles. It seems that in addition to providing inappropriate financial advice community organizing group ACORN allegedly dumps sensitive documents into the trash. Rather than shredding the documents which contain individual's sensitive and personal financial information the San Diego office of ACORN allegedly dumped about 20,000 documents into an ordinary trash dumpster.</p>
<h1 class="title"><a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/politics/ACORN-Documents-Pulled-from-Dumpster.html" target="_blank">ACORN Docs Pulled from Dumpster</a></h1>
<p>Why risk the public relations disaster for simply failing to shred and destroy confidential documents and files. One call to Data Shredding Service, Inc. will help ensure you avoid bad publicity for careless document disposal. Shred those files today, call Data Shredding Service, Inc.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Confidential Files go flying out the window</title><category term="Shredding News"/><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/18/confidential-files-go-flying-out-the-window.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/18/confidential-files-go-flying-out-the-window.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-11-18T21:13:34Z</published><updated>2009-11-18T21:13:34Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This story arises from the 2009 New York Yankees "ticker-tape" parade following their Baseball World Series Championship. It seems that some New York City office workers starting tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get ahold of confetti. All sorts of personal financial documents were found in the canyons of wall street in the aftermath of the parade.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4632491" target="_blank">Confidential files fly out the window</a></p>
<p>Data Shredding Service. Inc. provides a variety of lockable security bins so that confidential documents can be stored securely before they are shredded and destroyed. Protect your clients confidential information and call the leader in paper shredding and documents destruction services, Data Shredding Service, Inc.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Bank Dumps Identities into Trash</title><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/17/bank-dumps-identities-into-trash.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/17/bank-dumps-identities-into-trash.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-11-17T17:35:15Z</published><updated>2009-11-17T17:35:15Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Here's a story from a Maryland TV station. WMAR conducted an investigation of a local bank and discovered instead of shredding all customer information in some cases the bank simply tossed personal information in the trash. The sensitive documents included social security numbers, bank account info and even mother's maiden names. The bank blamed the incident on human error.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/MD-Bank-Dumps-Identities-into-Trash/wV5sp_lKOk-8hcfRRf0joQ.cspx" target="_blank">MD Bank Dumps Identities into Trash</a></p>
<p>Data Shredding Service, Inc. provides confidential and secures document destruction and paper shredding services to individuals and organizations of all sizes. By employing our document destruction and paper shredding services you can be sure that you're in compliance with Federal and State privacy laws.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Pharmacy records thrown in trash bin.</title><category term="Shredding News"/><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/10/pharmacy-records-thrown-in-trash-bin.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/10/pharmacy-records-thrown-in-trash-bin.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-11-10T19:31:39Z</published><updated>2009-11-10T19:31:39Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>From Lawrence, KS. Prescription records from a former Pharmacy located at the location were thrown in a trash dumpster during building renovations. The owner of the former Pharmacy rushed to the location to recover the records and properly dispose of them. According to the owner the records were apparently overlooked when they were cleaning out the basement.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" title="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/oct/29/pharmacy-records-recovered-downtown-trash-bin/" href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/oct/29/pharmacy-records-recovered-downtown-trash-bin/" target="_blank">Pharmacy records recovered from downtown trash bin</a></p>
<p>Avoid situations like this by hiring a professional shredding company like Data Shredding Service, Inc. We'll clean out those hard to reach locations and shred every last document quickly and economically.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>State investigation of disposal of records</title><category term="Shredding News"/><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/9/state-investigation-of-disposal-of-records.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/11/9/state-investigation-of-disposal-of-records.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-11-09T19:48:41Z</published><updated>2009-11-09T19:48:41Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>From TV station WIBW in Topeka, KS. A Topeka care facility is being investigated by a state agency for allegedly placing documents with personal information in a public recycling dumpster. The documents contained social security numbers and medical information.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/67723092.html" target="_blank">State Investigating Care Facility's Disposal of Records.</a></p>
<p>The care facility blamed part-time contracted staff and off-duty staff for the improper disposal of the records. By using a professional paper shredding company like Data Shredding Service, Inc. the documents would have been quickly and confidentially shredded and destroyed.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Sensitive Documents Found In Flagler Dumpster</title><category term="Shredding News"/><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/10/30/sensitive-documents-found-in-flagler-dumpster.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/10/30/sensitive-documents-found-in-flagler-dumpster.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-10-30T15:04:49Z</published><updated>2009-10-30T15:04:49Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This story comes out of Central Florida. Local TV channel 13 is reporting that sensitive documents belonging to the county government were found in a trash dumpster behind the county's building. The TV reporter found sensitive medical documents of a child that should have been shredded. The county administrator said the people responsible would be reprimanded for their failure to shred the documents.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/10/5/sensitive_documents_found_in_flagler_dumpster.html" target="_blank">Sensitive Documents Found In Flagler Dumpster</a></p>
<p>This would not have happened had the county government been using the services of a professional document shredding company. Data Shredding Service, Inc. specializes in paper shredding and document destruction services. Insist that your local government outsource their document shredding to concentrate on delivering services to their citizens.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Customer information stolen from bank</title><category term="Shredding News"/><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/10/21/customer-information-stolen-from-bank.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/10/21/customer-information-stolen-from-bank.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-10-21T18:32:59Z</published><updated>2009-10-21T18:32:59Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This story is out of Akron, OH. Police are investigating the thefts of three large bins used to store paper waiting to be shredded. <strong>The bins were being stored outside of the bank!</strong>&nbsp;A spokesman for the bank said that just one of the stolen bins actually had customer and bank information in it.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.ohio.com/news/63913757.html" target="_blank">Police look into shredder bin theft.</a></p>
<p>This story is really hard to believe. Here's a bank that knows it needs to safeguard customer information, takes steps to safeguard that data but fails in the implementation. By storing the bins outside prior to shredding they simply made it neat and easy for the identity theft to occur. Please be vigilant and insist that companies you do business with are utilizing professional information destruction companies such as Data Shredding Service, Inc.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Use a Paper Shredding Company!</title><category term="Shredding News"/><id>http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/10/8/use-a-paper-shredding-company.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.datashred.com/paper-shredding-news/2009/10/8/use-a-paper-shredding-company.html"/><author><name>[Your Name Here]</name></author><published>2009-10-08T16:06:52Z</published><updated>2009-10-08T16:06:52Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This story comes out of Charleston, SC. Local TV station WCBD is reporting that a local man has been charged with illegal dumping of personal records in a dumpster behind a local shopping center. The records contained personal tax information and Social Security numbers. According to police the man had been hired to properly dispose of the records but instead simply dumped them in a trash dumpster where they were found.</p>
<p><a class="offsite-link-inline" title="http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/local/article/charleston_man_charged_with_throwing_other_peoples_private_documents_in_dum/68043/" href="http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/local/article/charleston_man_charged_with_throwing_other_peoples_private_documents_in_dum/68043/" target="_blank">Charleston man charged with throwing other people's private documents in dumpster.</a></p>
<p>You are responsible for the proper disposal of sensitive and confidential documents. This responsibility even extends to contractors you hire to shred the files and documents. By using Data Shredding Service, Inc. you will be fulfilling your responsibility to properly shred and destroy confidential information. No worrying, no headaches! Those papers will be shredded and destroyed quickly, confidentially and economically!</p>]]></content></entry></feed>
