SELECTSHRED | PREVENTING IDENTITY THEFT—ONE STEP AT A TIME
Every day we must fight to prevent identity theft from destroying our lives and peace of mind. News reports are filled with the latest data breaches and we worry about how to avoid identity theft. Florida has the highest rate of identity theft in the country but we won’t dwell on that because with awareness comes action.
The article, Four strategies to protect yourself from identity theft by Stewart Welch, lists the following steps: Get your free credit report; Monitor your credit card and bank account activity; Set up fraud alerts and credit freezes; and Hire a monitoring service. Follow the link to read the full article. http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/01/four_strategies_to_protect_you.html
As a document destruction and hard drive destruction company, we encourage you to take another step to fight identity theft and protect yourself. Shred all of your confidential paper documents that you are no longer required to keep and physically destroy your obsolete and damaged hard drives. Sometimes, whether you are an individual or operating a business, using a personal shredder/office shredder will not do a secure and effective job. At that point, use the professional service of a NAID AAA Certified Company. Ask for the NAID AAA Certification.
All personally identifiable information such as name, date of birth, social security number, and address must be shredded. Some documents carry specific information that is sometimes used to confirm identity, such as mother’s maiden name, past addresses, past vehicles owned, and past milestones. Confidential documents to shred are: invoices, bank statements, financial documents, credit card receipts, canceled checks, legal documents, insurance records, human resource records, health records, old tax records, draft documents, and proprietary information.
SELECTSHRED DOES SHREDDING ON THE TREASURE COAST, INCLUDING SHREDDING IN STUART, SHREDDING IN PALM CITY, SHREDDING IN PORT ST LUCIE, SHREDDING IN FORT PIERCE, AND SHREDDING IN PALM BEACH.
Richard Kinkead, Owner/President
Gloria Kinkead, Owner/Vice President
SelectShred, Inc.
T: (772) 463-3166
