A Shred Ahead provides peace of mind and reliable paper shredding service.
Use our Paper Shredding Service to Protect Your Business from Corporate Fraud and Espionage
Business espionage professionals consider trash the single most available source of competitive and private information from the average company. When data ends up in a dumpster, it is readily—and legally—available to anyone who mines it. You can protect your business by using our paper shredding service.
- Dunn’s Review estimates that corporate espionage costs US businesses more than $4 billion in losses annually.
- The US Department of Justice maintains that an average of 34,000 property crimes—including the theft of confidential material—occur every day.
- Only 2% of all information crimes are caught and prosecuted. Each crime costs the victimized business an average of $800,000.
Our Document Shredding Services Will Ensure That You Comply with the Law
The privacy of consumer data has become a key issue on both the federal and state levels, resulting in legislation to mandate the secure disposal of information.
- The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) of 1999 requires banking and financial institutions across the US to protect the confidentiality and security of consumer data.
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1995 requires that healthcare organizations across the US be responsible for the secure electronic transmission of patient information and the secure storage and disposal of that information.
- The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (FACTA) added new sections to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, intended primarily to help consumers fight the growing crime of identity theft. Accuracy, privacy, limits on information sharing, and new consumer rights to disclosure are included in FACTA.
Defend your Organization from Liability By Shredding Secure Documents
In a survey conducted by The Conference Board—an organization that disseminates knowledge about management to help businesses strengthen their performance—top executives from 300 companies across the US ranked “the security of company records” among the top five critical issues facing businesses today. When asked which issues required immediate attention and policy development, “the security of company records” ranked second only to “employee health screening.”
When you partner with A Shred Ahead, your business can fulfill its environmental responsibilities as well as its document security needs. The paper products collected by our mobile paper shredding units are destroyed on the spot and then sent to paper mills to be recycled into usable product.
The benefits to the environment are numerous. According to the EPA, to make one ton of paper using recycled fiber saves the following: 17 trees, 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 360 gallons of water, 100 gallons of gasoline, 60 pounds of air pollutants and10,401 kilowatts of electricity.
