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Making Sure Your Medical Record Shredding Practices are HIPAA Compliant

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996 with the goal of protecting privileged individual health information, while still allowing necessary health information to be shared for the purposes of providing high quality health care. This act sets very strict standards for how individual health information should be protected by those it is […]
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The Danger of Being Careless about Document Shredding in a Medical Office

With the growth of electronic medical records (EMRs), many healthcare practices and facilities are moving away from purely physical records and into the realm of digital record keeping. This is made possible by advances in technology that ensure secure storage and access to digital records for healthcare professionals and patients alike. That said, many offices […]
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Prevent Fraud by Shredding Important Documents

Fraud, a criminal act that includes the use of deception for personal gain, has become even more prevalent in the internet era, thanks to the proliferation of digital data. This is why so many North Dakota and South Dakota companies have turned to measures like robust firewalls, anti-virus programs, password protection, encryption, VPNs, and more […]
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Meeting New DoD Standards for Destroying Unclassified Information

You may be most familiar with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) as the government group responsible for managing our country’s military forces. However, this department also sees to the security of our nation by creating rules pertaining to information security. Generally speaking, businesses in the private sector are not legally obliged to follow DoD […]
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7 Documents You Commonly Forget to Shred

North Dakota and South Dakota businesses are well aware of the need to shred documents containing confidential consumer data, financial information, and other highly sensitive records protected by law. As a rule of thumb, adopting a shred-all policy is best, but just in case, here are a few items your business should shred if you’re […]
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Why Office Shredders aren’t Safe Enough

With so many ways for criminals to get their hands on data these days, companies have to be more diligent than ever about protecting the confidential data consumers entrust to them. This not only means securing data in digital and hard copy format while it’s in use, but also during the destruction process. Throwing documents […]
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Document Shredding: What are the Legal Obligations?

Data destruction has always been serious business, due to the consequences of failing to properly protect consumer data, but with the growth of digital technologies, it has become even more important over the past few decades. Businesses now have to contend with a slew of consumer privacy laws related to both digital data and hard […]
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The Many Business Risks of Bad Document Management

Modern businesses tend to be fairly well-versed in the ins and outs of device management, planning out the life cycle of IT assets before they even purchase new equipment. Part of this includes digital data management to ensure the security of confidential data. However, your South Dakota business may not assign the same level of […]
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Why an Office Shredder Probably Isn’t Good Enough to Protect Your Business

Every business is naturally concerned with the bottom line, but as you’ve probably heard, you have to spend money to make money. Sometimes, the money you spend can also help to save you expense down the road. This is the case when it comes to shredding documents that contain sensitive data. Your North Dakota business […]
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