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What Makes a Shredding Company HIPAA-Compliant?
Entities that transfer health data, such as hospitals, insurance agencies and medical billing companies, are subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). When choosing a health care shredding provider, you should ensure the business follows HIPAA requirements. Selecting the right document destruction company will help you comply with regulations, protect your reputation…
Read MoreWhy You Should Destroy Your Old Hard Drives
Whether you organically gather data or pay for data collection services, security should be at the forefront of your business objectives. Securing your information can be the most significant difference between converting leads to loyal clients or watching your competitors gain an edge. Make sure you aren’t sharing your secrets to success or business plans…
Read MoreHard Drive Shredding vs. Degaussing — Which Should You Choose for Secure Data Destruction?
Every piece of data you store has its use. Over time, as employees, customers and projects come and go, you will likely end up hosting a significant amount of private data on your hard drives that you no longer need. While many organizations start by storing these hard drives on-site, over time, this can take…
Read MoreThe Importance of Secure Data Destruction
More and more often, data is becoming the currency of business. You and your competitors are all vying for the same data in hopes of converting a lead into a devoted client. Plus, you likely already store confidential information related to employees, proprietary research and much more you can’t let anyone else gain access to.…
Read MoreHow to Handle Physical Data Security in a Hybrid Workplace
Companies place much emphasis on practicing the best cybersecurity practices in a digital world. However, many organizations forget to still invest in keeping physical data safe and training employees to be savvy in safeguarding sensitive documents and materials. Here is a foundational guide on how to handle physical data security in a hybrid workplace. What…
Read MoreHow Long to Keep IRA Statements
As an organization executive or business owner, you understand how vital maintaining your tax records is. You must keep things ordered as a legal and financial necessity. Keeping the correct documents filed and accessible ensures you comply with tax and industry regulations. Due to the sensitive nature of your business documents, it is also crucial…
Read MoreHow Shredding Protects Against Identity Theft
Businesses in many industries deal with paper records of sensitive information. When this information falls into the wrong hands, it causes harmful effects, including identity theft. Shredding makes documents unreadable and unable to be reconstructed, protecting sensitive information from identity theft. How Shredding Documents Protects Against Identity Theft Documents in medical, governmental, legal, financial and…
Read MoreHow Long Should You Keep EOBs?
Explanations of benefits, or EOBs, are important documents, particularly if you are undergoing regular medical treatment. But how long do you need to keep them? As with most documents, that depends on a lot of factors. When you have questions about shredding personal documents, call TrueShred at (888) 559-1928. We’ll help you determine if you should keep…
Read MoreBest Shredder for Your Business
Whether you run a small or massive business, you understand the vital role of shredding in keeping your business secure and safe against data breaches and fraud. Knowing this, you’ll want to invest in the best shredder for your business. TrueShred provides professional, affordable and convenient shredding services. Our services also mean you can have peace of…
Read MoreWhat Are Confidential Documents and How Should You Shred Them?
No matter how organized we try to be, paper still manages to pile up in our homes and offices. Securely disposing of all this paper can be challenging, especially when it contains confidential information. What do you do with these documents? That’s where TrueShred comes in. We offer secure shredding services in Maryland, Virginia and…
Read More”I have worked with several document destruction companies over the past ten years and until contracting with TrueShred, I hadn’t met a company with which I felt so compelled to share with professional colleagues. TrueShred’s personnel are always polite, considerate, timely and attentive. . . I trust all of my future shredding needs to TrueShred!”
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