Ark-La-Tex Shredding Co., Inc.

Why Shred?

To protect customers' privacy and prevent identity theft.
To protect employees' privacy and prevent identity theft.
To obey laws that require shredding or specialized handling of confidential information.
To protect company trade information.
To prevent industrial espionage.

LEGAL ISSUES

The Supreme Court ruled in California versus Greenwood (1988) that people do not have a broad right to privacy with respect to items they throw in the trash. Business documents thrown in the trash are open invitations for the illegal use of your personal or business information. The table below provides information relating to the type of information and the laws that may be applied if that type of information is released - intentionally or unintentionally.

Type of Information	HIPAA	Gramm/ Leach/Bliley	Privacy Act	Economic Espionage	Trade Secrets	ID Theft Laws	FACTA	TX Shredding Law
Account Data		X		X	X	X	X	X
Banking Info & Docs		X	X			X	X	X
Brainstorming Notes				X	X
Cancelled Checks	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Customer Names	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Customer Address	X	X	X			X	X	X
Employee Info	X	X	X			X	X	X
Insurance Info	X	X	X				X	X
Loan Info		X	X			X	X	X
Market Analysis				X	X
Medical Info	X		X			X
Patient Billing Info		X	X
Payroll Info		X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Purchase Orders				X	X		X	X
Social Security #s	X	X	X			X	X	X
Visitor Logs				X

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P . O . B o x 5 2 2 7 , L o n g v i e w , T X 7 5 6 0 8

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