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Why Use An Informational Destruction Contractor?
In this day and age, it is very important that your organization exhibits the highest ethical standards. Casually discarding company information, whether in the form of an individuals personal information, or company trade information, shows a callous disregard for customer and shareholder welfare. It exposes customers to the threat of Identity Theft and other fraud. It also risks losing your company’s trade secret protections in court.
How is AVID Helpful for you?
Because AVID, Arizona Verified Information Destruction is a NAID Member, we are bound to a strict code of conduct in the area of information destruction. As INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, we take our business and your trust seriously and hold ourselves to the highest possible standards.
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Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Requires financial institutions to take proactive measures to protect personal financial information of customers and consumers. The information protected is, but not limited to: name, address, income, account numbers, payment history, deposit balances, credit reports, court records, insurance policies, social security numbers, etc.
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HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Requires that all health information and medial records be protected from any form of dissemination, including written, printed, electronic, or verbal transfer. Institutions affected by HIPAA , but not limited to, are:
Hospitals, Clinics, Doctor and Dental Offices, Pharmacies, Employers, Insurance Providers and Writers, Institutes of Education, Medical Billing Services, Accountants, Attorneys, Etc.
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FACTA - Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act
FACTA is a new Federal Law designed to reduce the risk to consumers of fraud and identity theft, created by improper disposal of financial information. The Law states that “any person who maintains or otherwise possesses consumer information for a business purpose” must destroy all consumer information properly when disposing of the material. There are provisions in the law that allow for substantial damages, both actual and statutory damages, plus Federal and State punitive penalties for failure to comply. A successful plaintiff may recover reasonable attorney fees. A Class Action Suit could easily total over 1,000,000.
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