What all small businesses need to know about proper document destruction…but don’t. By Josh Hartwell, CSDS We are in an information age. We find ways to gather as much information as we can and then find ways to push it right back out again. We deal with so much information that we are seeing an [...]
We deal with a lot of small businesses, corporations, and government entities. One common factor that we notice is that there is little training on file storage and information management best practices. We have compiled a list of questions that can be used to help you begin to get a handle on your files. We [...]
This act amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to protect consumers against identity theft. It improves the reporting and dispersing of consumer credit information. The Disposal Rule requires the proper disposal of consumer information “by taking reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information in connection with its disposal”. The [...]
This act provides guidelines for corporations in reporting their financial reports to give investors an accurate view of the corporation. It holds corporate executives accountable and provides strict civil and criminal punishment for fraud. In regards to information management, it provides timetables for the destruction of paper work used in audits on corporations, also giving [...]
Enacted as The Financial Modernization Act of 1999 This act provides guidance to protect and to safeguard the privacy of non-public personal financial information. A financial service provider or financial institution is defined as “any institution the business of which is engaging in financial activities as described in section 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company [...]
This act provides standardized guidelines to protect identifiable health information. It requires covered entities to have reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in place to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of protected health information. This covers electronic and physical health information. Reasonable safeguards include keeping records locked for storage and shredding for the destruction.
