Within the past 14 years, the Federal Government has passed over five acts that directly, or indirectly, affect the destruction of sensitive data.

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
• Economic Espionage Act of 1996
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
• Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003

 
In addition, Massachusetts has recently enacted a more stringent act – The Massachusetts Privacy Act of 2010 Called MA 201 cmr 17.00. This act is meant to safeguard electronic information, but also has provisions for printed documents with severe penalties for non-compliant businesses. If you do business with residents of Massachusetts or have employees that reside in Massachusetts, you must be compliant as of March 1, 2010. At A1 DATASHRED we will work to be your trusted partner to ensure your business is compliant with current as well as future requirements.

Traditional paper shredding can leave paper fragments that are still legible and may contain secure information. Our process not only meets the Federal guidelines, we exceed them. Our state of the art equipment, “The Paper Predator” can shred up to 7,000 lbs per hour and pulverizes all manner of paper and documents to the smallest shred-size in the industry - guaranteeing that your secure data stays secure.