Strict Laws and regulations concerning disposal of documents containing sensitive information are currently in effect.
Privacy laws enacted, such as FACTA (credit information), HIPAA (medical) and Gramm-Leach-Bliley (financial) all mandate the secure destruction of information. Failure to properly comply can result in stiff fines, penalties and the potential for large class action lawsuits.
Regardless of the nature of your sensitive documents, which can include information on customers, employees, trade secrets, bids, contracts, etc, it is important for you to know the laws and to be in compliance.
