ABCO Recycling and Document Destruction Services

602-943-9676

WHO WE ARE AND SOME STATISTICS ON IDENTITY THEFT

ABCO Recycling and Document Destruction Services is a full service shredding and recycling company that has been providing quality services throughout Arizona since 1996.

Our goal is to provide you with safe and cost-effective document destruction services.  Whether you are a large corporation, or an individual seeking to properly dispose of confidential information, we want to help you from becoming a victim of identity theft and keep you in compliance with the many laws and regulations that govern our businesses today.

Statistics from the Federal Trade Commission website ( http://ftc.gov ) tell us that in 2008 there were 9,683 Identity Theft complaints in Arizona.  This fact ranks our State as number one in identity theft in the United States. Of the major U.S. metropolitan areas, Phoenix ranks number 38. We want to help you not becoming a contributor to this statistic.

Reasons Why Your Company should Use an Information Destruction Contractor

* Keep employees focused on their responsibilities; * Increase Productivity; * Reduce Capital Expenditures; * Confidential Company Information should not be exposed to most employees; * In-house shredding does not handle large volumes of paper.

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Besides the requirements of a company's own policies and procedures regarding management of confidential corporate information, laws and regulations have been passed and promulgated from different levels of government.  A few of the more salient ones are listed below:

HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.  ( www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy )

GLBA - Graham, Leach, Bliley Act of 1999 ( http://www.keytlaw.com/Links/glbact.htm )

PRIVACY ACT - ( www.hhs.gov/foia/privacy/index.html )

ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE ACT - ( www.tscm.com/USC18_90.html )

UNIFORM TRADE SECRETS ACT - ( www.nsi.org/Library/Espionage/usta.htm)

FACTA - Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act ( www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs6a-facta.htm )

Source:  National Association for Information Destruction (NAID)

YOUR OBLIGATIONS

The matrix above is a handy reference as to what our obligations as business owners and managers are with respect to proper disposal of confidential documents.  Use it as a guide when determining the proper course of action to take with your documents.