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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.
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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 ) While the above laws are specific to some industries such as the healthcare
industry and financial institutions, their common underlying intent is to protect the identity of the patient, customer,
stockholders and employees. To that exent, shredding documents and/or media containing confidential information, is
a widely accepted method to prevent identity theft after these documents/media have reached their useful, or statutory life.
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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.
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HOW
WE CAN HELP We at ABCO Recycling and Document Destruction
Services understand the individual requirements of our customers and to address these needs, we offer a
variety of service options such as on-site, plant-based or walk in shredding. Each of these methods satisfies a
particular need and/or requirement a customer may have. Howerer, they all give the highest level of security at
a budget and convenience that meets your needs. While our primary
objective is to assure total destruction of your documents, we believe that by recycling the shredded material we
are not only promoting good environmental stewardship, we are actually increasing the level of security thru
de-inking and pulping processes at the mills. We are a member of the National
Association for Information Destruction (NAID) www.naidonline.org. We
are also an Accredited Member of the Better Business Bureau (BBB). Please visit the subsequent pages of this site to become more familiar with the various services we
offer, or contact us if you need to speak to a company representative. Phone: 602/943-9676 Fax: 602/906-3015 eMail: service@abcorecycling.com
We are located at 9637 North Cave Creek
Road which is between Mountain View and Dunlap in Phoenix, Arizona.
Shredding Hours:
Monday thru Friday 8:00am - 3:00pm Saturday 9:00am - 3:00pm Recycling Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm Saturday 9:00am - 4:00pm
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