Information Stays Personal With Document Shredding Services

Online help makes easier to people keep their information personal and secret with the use of document shredding services

ILLINOIS, You may think you lead a boring life and have no secrets to hide. You would be wrong, what about your bank and credit card statements? Personal bills, canceled or blank checks, investment information and financial statements? And, then there are medical records, income tax records and credit reports. The list goes on and on.

Do you simply toss them in the trash when you no longer need them for your records? If so, you need to change your modus operandi. Anything you wouldn't feel comfortable having someone pick up and read, you should shred, says Kevin Aldersey, owner of "Centerline Document Shredding" ( www.centerlinedocumentshredding.com ) a website specialized in document shredding. There are a lot of document shredding services out there today. You should choose one that will bring a truck to your home or business and shred what your want shredded right there on the premises. Criminals need very little information to steal your identity. With your Social Security number they can apply for credit cards, cellular phones, loans, bank accounts, apartments and utility accounts. Just because you don't have millions, does not mean someone else won't take what you already have and ruin your good name in the process. Hiring a document shredding service to come and destroy all your important information will allow you to sleep well at night.

Garbage's hold a plethora of information and that's will be the first place a criminal will look. Once your Social Security number or account number hits the dumpster, your identity is just waiting to be stolen. Shredding is a minimal inconvenience and minor expense compared to its alternative -- becoming an identity theft victim. The Federal Trade Commission or FTC has issued the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act in 2003, a law aimed at minimizing the risk of identity theft and consumer fraud. In November 2004, the FTC added the FACTA Disposal Rule to enforce the protection and disposal of sensitive consumer data. Beginning June 1, 2005, the Rule says that "any person who maintains or otherwise possesses consumer information for a business purpose" must destroy discarded consumer information, whether in paper or electronic form. Besides, having a document shredding service come to your place will take care of getting rid of all that paper you have laying around just waiting to get stolen. It is now a law that all service providers destroy all stored consumer information that means banks, lenders, insurance companies, auto dealers, real estate agents.. The disposal rule offers business owners a few choices. They must burn, pulverize or shred paper documents and completely erase or destroy all electronic media. Or, they can contract a third-party document shredding service to do it for them.

For More Information Contact:

Kevin Aldersey
kev_aldersey@hotmail.com
http://www.centerlinedocumentshredding.com/sitemap.html

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