While A Plus Paper Shredding concentrates on the world of document destruction in Louisville, all matters of privacy interest us.

One of the most popular platforms for discussing our private lives is Facebook. However, the entity has developed a process which allows it to use info that you post to be used in advertising. Here's a recent article:

Facebook looks to cash in on user data

Profiles, status updates and messages all include a mother lode of voluntarily provided information. The social media site is using it to help advertisers find exactly who they want to reach. Privacy watchdogs are aghast.

April 17, 2011|By Jessica Guynn | Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Julee Morrison has been obsessed with Bon Jovi since she was a teenager.
So when paid ads for fan sites started popping up on the 41-year-old Salt Lake City blogger's Facebook page, she was thrilled. She described herself as a "clicking fool," perusing videos and photos of the New Jersey rockers.

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Paper Shredding events benefit Louisville and beyond

A Plus Paper Shredding partners with different organizations to put on Free Paper Shredding Events. These events are great fund raisers for non-profits, and a great way to bring the community together. Churches, charities, neighborhood associations...they can all benefit with a document destruction event like this.

Here is a story about a similar event in Pennsylvania!

Community Shred Events Popular Weekend Activity 

Some 30 minutes before Arcadia University in Pennsylvania was set to open up its “One Stop Drop” community recycling event, cars were already lined up, each filled with boxes of paper destined for the free shredding service.

“If we tell them it starts at 11 a.m., people are there at 10:30 and waiting,” says Kasey Lynch, student supervisor with the Office of Community Service.

Similar scenes are playing out across the U.S. every weekend as community paper shredding events are offered, providing the public with a way to meet its pent-up demand for securely disposing of documents containing sensitive personal information that could, if in the wrong hands, be used for identity theft or other nefarious purposes..

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Millions in privacy violations wake-up the healthcare industry

The government has imposed fines on businesses of all sizes when they violate the new privacy laws. Unfortunately, the laws are very easy to violate, and not every business is versed on them. While destroying document in the mean streets of Louisville, A Plus Paper Shredding is always espousing the necessity of using a professional paper shredding company. Here's an example why:

Millions in privacy violations wake-up the healthcare industry

What can healthcare organizations learn from the multi- million dollar penalties recently issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for privacy violations?

Recently, the OCR singled out two prominent healthcare organizations—Cignet Health of Maryland with a penalty of $4.3 million dollars and Massachusetts General with a settlement of $1 million—both for allegedly violating the Federal HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule, the rule that protects the privacy of patient healthcare information.

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Upcoming Paper Shredding Events

Looking for an excuse to destroy those old files and documents? Need to pulverize old credit cards and badges? Have sensitive info on those old cd's and discs? Well, here's your chance!

A Plus Paper Shredding has several Free Document Destruction events scheduled in the Louisville area.

April 16: 9am-11:30am at
St. MAM Ministries
201 Biltmore Road

April 30: 8:30am-11am at

New Goshen Presbyterian Church

12900 W. Highway 42

 

May 14 · 10:00am - 4:00pm at

Falls of Ohio

 

All of the organizations will accept small cash donations to help support their organizations.

 

For more info, call us at 502.640.4223 

another free paper shredding event!

That's right! A Plus Paper Shredding is in full swing for fund raising season, and you benefit!

On April 30th, we will be shredding your documents for free at the New Goshen Presbyterian Church at 12900 West Highway 42, from 8:30am -11am.

You are encouraged to bring documents, paper, files, discs, cd's, badges, credit cards, etc., to be shredded. Using our on-site shredding truck ensures that your privacy will be protected.

The church will accept small donations to help support their ministries.

Call 502.640.4223 with questions!

Free Paper Shredding in Louisville!

It's that time of year again...free paper shredding!

Once again, A Plus Paper Shredding in Louisville, Kentucky will be providing free document destruction in an event hosted by St. Mam (St. Matthews Area Ministries) on April 16. Folks can bring documents, files, old cd's, credit cards, floppy disks, to be shredded professionally...all for free!

St. Mam will be accepting cash donations that day to help fund their ministries.

The event is Saturday April 16, from 9am-11:30am. St Mam is located at 201Biltmore Rd.

Interesting Facts about Document Destruction

Here are some facts that every business in Louisville needs to know. Enjoy the article, then call us for more info about your document destruction needs.

1.) Every Business Has Information That Requires Destruction.

All businesses have occasion to discard confidential data. Customers lists, price lists, sales statistics, drafts of bids and correspondence, and even memos, contain information about business activity which would interest any competitor. Every business is also entrusted with information that must be kept private. Employees and customers have the legal right to have this data protected.
Without the proper safeguards, information ends up in the dumpster where it is readily, and legally, available to anybody. The trash is considered by business espionage professionals as the single most available source of competitive and private information from the average business. Any establishment that discards private and proprietary data without the benefit of destruction, exposes itself to the risk of criminal and civil prosecution, as well as the costly loss of business.


2.) Stored Records Should Be Destroyed On A Regular Schedule.

The period of time that business records are stored should be determined by a retention schedule that takes into consideration their useful value to the business and the governing legal requirements. No record should be kept longer than this retention period....

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