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Tag: Compliance
Recycling Is Not Compliance
As organizations examine their alternatives to meet information destruction compliance requirements, they sometimes happen across firms that lead them to believe that paper recycling is adequate. Vendors that represent paper…
NAID Certification vs. NAID Member
SecurShred is certified by the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) for mobile and plant-based operation for the destruction of paper media and hard drives. SecurShred has received NAID Certification…
Attorney General Announces Health Net Settlement Involving Massive Security Breach Compromising Private Medical and Financial Info
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced a settlement — the first of its kind in the nation — with Health Net and its affiliates for failing to secure private patient…
New Mandatory Hipaa Fines for Improper Disposal in Absence of Policies and Training
According to NAID CEO Bob Johnson, “The explicit and implicit impact of HITECH on HIPAA is being severely underestimated and underutilized by most secure destruction companies.” Johnson points to the…
Update on the New RED Flags Rule
What does it mean to your organization? Effective December 31, 2010, the Red Flags Rule requires organizations extending payment terms to customers and that have personal information on file to:…