February, 2008 (from http://jerothe.blogspot.com). It’s hard not to see somewhere in the news today some article about identity theft. Stealing personal information has lead to crimes exceeding in the millions of dollars annually for home and small business alike. Often, financial loss is difficult to recoup even after months and sometimes years of legal action.
Many contribute this to the internet and computers and that certainly has exacerbated the situation. But sources of personal information are not always initially coming from a computer.
Did you know one of the most common ways to gain personal information from an individual or business is through the trash? Throwing any documentation, CD’s, Old Credit Cards, Bank Statements and the likes are an easy target for an entrepreneurial would-be thief. Remember, your office waste has a long way to go to make its final destination at the local municipal facility.
Don’t become an unsuspecting member of identity crime. One way to protect yourself is to invest in a low cost document shredder. These machines range for $30 to $200 depending on the features and can shred paper, credit cards and even CD or DVD’s.
Make it a point to change your personal and small business processes’ so that you shred all waste documentation that has personal or company information on it. At JC Services, LLC, we recommend to our Small Business Clients that they shred information that has a minimum of their business or personal addresses on it (especially, solicitations for bank credit cards). Although there are many aspects of information security that needs consideration for effective prevention of identity theft, this is a simple precaution that can save a lot of aggravation...
Learn more at JCS’s Small Business Technology Services (www.jcservicesllc.com)
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
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