BBB Shred Day – Nevada 2020

BBB Shred Day

BBB Shred Day – Nevada 2020 October 17, 2020 – 9AM – 12PM On Shred Day, members of the Reno community brought boxes and bags of their old paper documents to be shredded, including: Paystubs Bills Bank Statements Tax Returns & More American Document Destruction was there to help out and share information about the…

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5 Types of Identity Theft and How to Avoid Them

Blue mastercard being held

Disclaimer: A majority of the content in this document has been curated by a representative of The Motley Fool and was written by Wendy Connick. For access to the original content, click the link here.  Identity theft is a serious problem, and it seems to get worse every year. So much of your personal information…

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How to Destroy a Hard Drive from a Desktop Computer

USB, hard drive chips, cd-rom on a desktop

Here at American Document Destruction, we understand the importance of security. Your home desktop computer can contain almost your whole life on it and can put you at risk of identity theft. If it were to fall into the wrong hands, they could access personal information like social security numbers, credit cards, bank accounts, logins,…

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HIPAA Compliant Shredding

In today’s digital age, electronic medical records are normal. However, most doctors, dentists, and other healthcare professionals still handle, maintain and store physical documents that contain private health information (PHI). With medical identity theft on the rise, throwing documents with PHI in the trash or recycling bin should never be an option. It’s actually against…

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The Importance of Document Destruction For Your Business

Identity theft and theft of customer data gives nightmares to small business people. It can happen easily, innocently, and unnecessarily when you don’t shred your old documents. Business documents go out of date just like personal papers, but they often contain essential information that can be dangerous in the hands of unauthorized people. Here is…

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Types of Identity Theft – Look Out for These Signs

Blue mastercard being held

Warning Signs of Identity Theft | What You Should Be Aware Of PHOTO ©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/LEOLINTANG Everyone is At Risk of Identity Theft In today’s interconnected and automated world, Americans are at an increased risk for identity theft simply from the number of transactions that take place – many of which you never see and only briefly…

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Why you need to destroy your hard drives.

Disclaimer: A majority of the content in this document has been curated by a representative of Edward Jones. For access to the original content, click the link here.  When it comes to your personal security, destroying your hard drive(s) could make all the difference between experiencing identity theft and keeping your private information safe. A…

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Data Breach Not Just About Getting Financial Information

A good article brought to you from Ponemon blog site Criminal Attacks: The New Leading Cause of Data Breach in Healthcare May 7, 2015, 9:00 am The Fifth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data, sponsored by ID Experts, shows that, for the first time, criminal attacks are the number-one root cause…

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