What in the world do we have to learn from Ebenezer Scrooge about protecting our identities during the busy holiday season? Plenty! Scrooge was a miserly old gent who wouldn’t…
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Garden City To Shred More After Documents Found In Dumpster
e Garden City Mayor Randy Walker is apologizing to the residents in the wake of the discovery of confidential documents in a dumpster outside of the Department of Public Services…
Preventing Identity Theft After A Person Dies
e There are ways to protect the identities of your departed loved ones. By: Wanda J. Roberts, Michigan State University Extension. May 2013 It’s sad and devastating to a family…
Holiday Season – The perfect time to steal someone’s identity
e Holiday Season – The perfect time to steal someone’s identity November 28th, 2012 By JoEllen Barton, Chief Information Security Officer, SecurShred Holidays should be a time filled with family,…
The important “three D’s”
The Federal Trade Commission urges Americans to follow the “three D’s”, deter, detect and defend. DETER identity thieves by safeguarding your information: Shred financial documents. Be careful with your Social…
Medicaid Records Stolen for 182,000 Beneficiaries
e Security Shredding & Storage News. June 2012 Salt Lake City, UT – Hackers who broke into Utah state computers stole the medical records of 182,000 beneficiaries of Medicaid and…