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Information theft is the fastest growing crime and is the number one complaint registered with the Federal Trade Commission.
Identity related fraud costs Australians more than 5.5 billion dollars every year* and is a growing issue in Australia and throughout the world (*2006 KPMG Fraud report).
Many organisations and individuals are putting themselves at risk because they are unaware of the impact that mishandling of sensitive information can have on business viability.
One of the most common forms of fraud is committed by ‘stealing’ the identity of another individual. Someone obtains your identity details and uses them to obtain credit for themselves, leaving you with the potential liability for this debt, a damaged credit reputation and the inconvenience of amending your credit file.
An organisation should take all reasonable steps to destroy or arrange for the destruction of records within its custody or control which is no longer to be retained by the business and contains sensitive information that could be used by third parties for illegal use.
Many organisations have learnt the hard way that they can be exposed to fraud by disgruntled former employees or competitors and this mismanagement of information can have an enormous impact on reputation and can also result in prosecution.
So the message is clear for all organisations - don’t risk your intellectual property or the personal information of staff or customers by putting this material in the general recycling.
Why a courier service?
- Choice of own carton or satchel
- Continuous custody of package
- Home service
- National coverage
- On demand service
- Rural service
- Tailored service for small offices and home offices
- Online tracking and reporting
Advantages of AXD
- Multiple data destruction service
- Destruction meets The National Privacy Principles (NPP4)
- Every package you send is tracked until delivery
- The destruction company provides proof of receipt and destruction
- Returning customers details retained
- Outsourcing is cheaper than “in house” by half
- Mobile paper shredding services can be arranged
- We encourage you to use your own cartons
- All customers can be serviced nationally – eg. Bank branches, post offices, pharmacies, insurance brokers, key man offices etc, any size, anywhere.
- Most types of materials may be destroyed eg. Office records, clothing, x-rays, defective products, medical containers, credit cards, microfiche, certain computer components, CD’s, etc.
Note: AaE hazardous materials guidelines apply. See www.aae.com.au
This is the type of Information you need to safeguard:
- Business Card details
- Bank Account information
- Brokerage account statements
- Credit Card and Debit Card numbers
- Drivers Licence numbers
- Education history
- Employment Information
- Insurance Policy data
- Medical statements
- Passport Numbers
- Social Security numbers
- Telephone numbers
- Travel agent records
Documents to be shredded include:
- Accounting
- Audits/Survey's
- Bank Statements
- Business Card Indices
- Business Plans
- Cancelled Cheques
- Client Lists/Files/Databases
- Computer Reports
- Contracts
- Credit Card Statements
- Employee Records
- Executive Correspondence
- Files/Records
- Financial Statements
- Home Personal/Business Records
- Legal Documents
- Market Research
- Medical Records
- New Product Information
- Obsolete Brochures/Stationery/Files
- Organisation Charts
- Payroll Records
- Personnel Files
- Photographs
- Presentations
- Price/Inventory Lists
- Profit & Loss Statements
- Proposals and Quotes
- R&D Files/Data
- Receipts/Invoices
- Tax Records and ABN information
- X-rays
Equipment and Uniforms to be securely destroyed include:
- All uniforms with company logos
- PDA's, Laptops, PCs, Mobile Phones, Hard Disk Drives, Memory Sticks, Telephone Handsets, Computer Backup Servers
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