| Is Code Shred Insured? |
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| Yes, we have Liability insurance of 1,000,000/3,000,000
and Errors & Ommissions. |
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| Is Code Shred a Naid Member? |
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| Yes, we are members of Naid (National
Association of Information Destruction) |
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| What does Code Shred do with the paper
after shredding? |
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| We recycle the paper for further security
in making sure your documents can never be used again,
also this benefits our environment. |
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| How quickly can Code Shred pickup my
material? |
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| Usually with offsite shredding we can
pickup within 2 days. Onsite shredding we schedule within
3-5 days. With routed work we will pickup on the days
we established in advance. |
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| Where does Code Shred destroy most documents? |
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| Most documents are shredded in our Brooklyn
or Long Island facilities. The rest is shredded with
our mobile shredding trucks. |
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| Will you supply containers for us to place
material in for shredding? |
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| Yes, we will provide all Bins and Consoles
at no Charge for recurring customers. |
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| What makes Code Shred different from the
competition? |
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| We always answer the phone quickly and
professionally. We provide the quickest pickup times
in the industry and our pricing is very competitive. |
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| Can I watch material being shredded. |
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| Customers are welcome to watch material
shredding at our facility or on our mobile shredding
trucks. |
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| Why would someone choose to do offsite
shredding verse onsite shredding? |
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| Offsite shredding is cheaper and very
secure. We are able to process more material quicker.
The average mobile shredding truck only handles 3500
Lbs per hour and our facility shredder handles close
to 14,000 Lbs per hour. |
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| What is HIPPA? |
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| The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA) of 1996 regulates the healthcare industry
in the United States and assures that healthcare organizations
will be responsible for the secure electronic transmission,
secure storage and disposal of patient information. |
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| What is the The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
of 1999 (GLB)? |
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| Mandates that financial institutions that
obtain nonpublic personal information through the normal
course of their business must develop precautions to
ensure the security and confidentiality of customer records
and information, and to protect against unauthorized
access to or use of such records. This includes secure
storage, disposal, and sharing of confidential information. |
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| Who must comply with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act: |
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| Banking and credit issuing
Insurance Stocks, bonds, and investing Financial service
providers |
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| What is FACTA? |
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The Fair and Accurate
Credit Transactions Act of 2003 also known as the FACT
Act was signed into
law on December 4, 2003. In general, the Act amends
the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"). The
Act contains a number of provisions intended to combat
consumer
fraud and related crimes, including identity theft,
and to assist its victims. Specifically the act requires
the destruction of PAPERS CONTAINING CONSUMER INFORMATION.
It is hard to imagine any business or organization
that
is not bound by this law.
The proposed DISPOSAL RULE
Sec. 682.3 Proper disposal of consumer information.
A) Standard. Any person who maintains or otherwise
possesses consumer information, or any compilation
of consumer information, for a business purpose must
properly
dispose of such information by taking reasonable measures to protect against
unauthorized access to or use of the information in connection with its disposal.
B) Examples. Reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to
or use of consumer information in connection with its disposal would include
implementing
and monitoring compliance with policies and procedures that require the burning,
pulverizing, or shredding of papers containing consumer information so that
the information cannot practicably be read or reconstructed. |
