One Southern Indiana a great resource for Louisville Area businesses

A Plus Paper Shredding is a proud member of One Southern Indiana, a group dedicated to the continued developement of business in Southern Indiana and Louisville.

According to One Southern's website:


Doing business is all about making connections – connections to current and potential customers, ideas, and funding. From Indianapolis down to Frankfort, One Southern Indiana is the connector for businesses throughout the region (Louisville and Southern Indiana metro areas) and is driven to provide tailored growth strategies and solutions that help businesses expand regionally and succeed in today’s global economy.

One Southern Indiana proudly offers clients an entire toolbox of connection devices including a multitude of business networking events, cost-effective seminars and workshops, opportunities to engage with government policy makers, advertising and sponsorship offerings, and economic development assistance in the retention and expansion of existing employers and in attracting new jobs and investments to our region. Through government and workforce advocacy to quality connections and business training, One Southern Indiana is taking care of business – yours.

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Man unknowingly buys medical records

Whether you think it could happen or not, docs and files could very easily fall into the wrong hands. Here's a story about a gentleman who bought the contents of an abandoned storage locker, and was surprised at it's contents. Yet another reason to hire a professional shredding company like A Plus Paper Shredding in Louisville!

Man unknowingly buys medical records

When Athens native Bobby Roberts placed a bid of more than $1,000 for the contents of a delinquent storage unit in Florence, he said he thought he was buying medical equipment and maybe old office files.

But on Sept. 10, when he opened the 20 or so boxes in the unit at Climate Guard Self Storage on Florence Boulevard, he discovered the boxes were filled with personal medical records from Digital Diagnostic Imaging Inc. Some were from as recently as 2009, while others dated to 2002...

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Buy Local...The Multiplier Effect

At A Plus paper Shredding, we believe in buying local whenever you can. Here's a great chart showing the effect it can have:

Doctor pays $40,000 fine for dumping 1,600 patients' medical records

The one thing we also preach at A Plus Paper Shredding is Privacy, Privacy, Privacy. It is so easy to have your identity stolen, and there's absolutely no reason to make it any easier for the criminals.

Here's an unfortunate story of a doctor who has made it easy for thieves to steal his patient's identity.

Doctor pays $40,000 fine for dumping 1,600 patients' medical records

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A Charlotte doctor was forced to pay a hefty fine for dumping his patients' financial and medical information in the summer of 2010.

WBTV first covered the story about Dr. Ervin Batchelor of the Carolina Center for Development and Rehabilitation in mid-June 2010. Now, Dr. Batchelor has paid $40,000 as a fine, according to a statement released by the NC Attorney General's Office.

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Former justice arrested after FBI probe

Former justice arrested after FBI probe

A former Depew village justice is under arrest in Hawaii in connection with an FBI probe into the illegal disposal of some private medical records.

John E. Cipolla, who resigned from his job as a village justice after he was censured by state officials in 2002, was arrested about three weeks ago in Hawaii, authorities Friday told The Buffalo News.

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Attitude

If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.  ~Cavett Robert

At A Plus Paper Shredding, attitude is everything.  Frankly, attitude should be everything no matter where you're at! Whether it's too hot, or too cold, or the day is too tough, or something is too expensive, or the driver in front of you is too crazy...just try to adjust your attitude!

Life is too short.

What the heck is FACTA, and how does it protect my privacy?

At A Plus Paper Shredding, we are most concerned with protecting privacy. Here's one of the laws that everyone needs to know...

Provisions of New Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act Will Help Reduce Identity Theft and Help Victims Recover: FTC

The Federal Trade Commission today said that provisions of the recently enacted Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act will help reduce identity theft and help victims recover. In testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security, Howard Beales, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said that many of the provisions will go into effect over the course of this year.

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