Scrapitout.com Now Providing Paper Shredding in San Antonio

Ignoring data destruction makes it easy for identity thieves to gain access to your private information and exploit it.

Total destruction is necessary of hard drives, microfilm, tapes, paper, CDs, DVDs or any other type of information storage device.

"When it comes to policy and practice, companies often neglect hard drives, microfilm, tapes, CDs and DVDs as forms of media in need of destruction. However, it’s vital to include these in your overall data destruction strategy," said Phil Kuhlenbeck, Founder and President of Scrapitout.com.

“Any establishment that discards private and proprietary data without the benefit of destruction exposes itself to the risk of criminal and civil prosecution, as well as the costly loss of business,” added Kuhlenbeck.

Recent legislation now holds top executives and IT managers accountable for violating customer protection and privacy rules.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act allows for fines up to $250,000 and 10 years in prison for each violation of patient health information privacy rules. The Gramm-Leach-Billey Act imposes penalties of up to $100,000 per violation for financial institutions that fail to protect customer information.

Without the proper safeguards, information ends up in the dumpster where it is readily, and legally, available to anybody. Business espionage professionals consider the trash as the single most available source of competitive and private information.

Key Points to Consider:
· Every business has information that requires destruction.
· Stored records should be destroyed on a regular schedule.
· Incidental business records discarded on a daily basis should be protected.
· Internal personnel should not be responsible to destroy certain information.
· Work only with companies that are members of The National Association of Information Destruction (NAID), which is the international trade association for companies providing information destruction services.

Based in Austin, Texas, Scrapitout.com handles the proper destruction of information and business records, as well as, providing environmentally friendly computer disposal.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Jon Ryan
(512) 569-4192
www.scrapitout.com
jon@scrapitout.com