Posts by Christine Imming

As of 2014, how many Trivial Pursuit Games have been sold worldwide? That would make a great trivia question for the game itself, whose concept is quite simple: Correctly answer a factual trivia question and score one point. It’s time to play a new version called Business Document Shredding Trivial Pursuit! It’s also simple: Attempt…

April is Financial Literacy Month There are three basic yet important factors you can use April’s designation as Financial Literacy Month to help you focus on: Manage your money Build your savings Protect your finances If you don’t remain vigilant about protecting your personal finances, managing and building them could be all for naught. The…

Historical Dynamic Duos We are fascinated by dynamic duos; couples that go together so well they become iconic. Take these examples: Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare, 1597) Batman & Robin (DC Comics, 1940) John Lennon & Paul McCartney (The Beatles, 1957) Bert & Ernie (Sesame Street, 1969) R2-D2 & C3P0 (Star Wars, 1977) Mario & Luigi…

2023 is expected to mark the beginning of a considerable change in US data privacy laws. Is your business ready? In the past, the US has allowed businesses and other organizations to collect personal information without consent, using and sharing it for their own benefit. Federal laws designed to protect this information have been in…

Who Needs One? If you think about it, lots of companies shred their documents in house without the benefit of a Certificate of Destruction. They may assume that as long as nothing goes wrong, they don’t need one, but it is also an important document to have when everything is going right. In fact, it…

Whether you run a small business or a household full of paper documents, it’s important to protect you, your company, and your family against identity thieves from stealing your private information from your garbage or recycling bins. Believe it or not, choosing to shred your own documents before disposing of them is likely taking up…

A One-Way Conversation with the Shredding Machine It’s not you, it’s me. Wait, that’s not true. It is you. And it’s not working out. We both wanted it to work, and I kept propping up this ineffective relationship by turning a blind eye. But now I have to literally pull the plug and go my…

You’re diligent about shredding documents because you know that in 2021, there were 5.7 million reports of identity theft and fraud, totaling $5.8 billion in losses, and you refuse to be a statistic. In your deliberate attempt to protect the information on your printed documents by having them professionally shredded, you may be inadvertently tossing…

About one of every twenty Americans are affected by identity theft. Affected US citizens lose $17 billion annually. What Does FACTA Require? The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) Disposal Rule requires your business to properly destroy and dispose of sensitive information at the end of its lifecycle. The purpose of the disposal rule,…

Whether your business shreds documents on a regular basis or not, here are a few misconceptions about shredding. Misconception #1: Shredding is Recommended, Not Mandatory The size or type of business you have has no effect on whether you are required to shred your documents or not. The fact is, the simple act of collecting,…