Digital Ghosts: Was Your Data Really Erased?
In today’s world, “digital ghosting” refers to abruptly ending all digital communication without warning or explanation in friendships, dating relationships, or even after job interviews. While some may find it effective, it is widely considered to be a rude and disrespectful approach. There is another form of digital ghosting concerning information storage – the belief […]
How a Shredding Service Helps with Green Initiatives
Did you know that the color green: Was George Washington’s favorite color? Evokes a feeling of abundance and is associated with peace and security? Was adopted in the 20th century as the color for St. Patrick’s Day over the original color, blue? Is related to the Old English word “grene,” the term for the color […]
Media Destruction and Privacy Law Compliance
Media destruction refers to the process of destroying or removing physical or digital media in order to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive or confidential information. In this constantly-changing technological age, this process is essential to ensure the security and privacy of individual and business information. What Media Should Concern Me? Any device that stores digital […]
Your Hard Drive Shredding Questions, Answered
A Hard Drive Story In June 2022, a Japanese government worker went out for dinner and drinks one night. Afterwards, his bag was stolen. In it were two USB drives that contained the personal information of 460,000 residents of the city of Amagasaki. The information included names, birth dates, addresses, tax details, and bank account […]
How the Right Shredding Company Can Help with HIPAA Compliance
1 Thing Becomes 100 Have you ever heard the saying, “You can do 99 things for someone and all they’ll remember is the one thing you didn’t do?” That one thing overshadows the 99 things you did do and becomes the representative for all 100. This goes for almost any situation. No matter how well […]
What is a Certificate of Destruction?
There will be no gown, no pomp and circumstance, no tassels moved to the left or caps thrown into the air. For the quiet introverts, this might be a dream come true. For those who are always looking for a reason to (quietly) party, receiving of a Certificate of Destruction just might be the right […]
How to Choose a Local Shredding Company in the Tri-Cities
Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland are like one huge uninterrupted mid-sized city that has continued to grow despite the economic recession of the late 2000s. The cities boast the largest high school in Washington State as well as a growing and active airport, theatre, planetarium, annual events, minor league baseball team, major junior hockey club, golf […]
How Shredding Now Sets You Up for a Successful 2022
Back in school, the time between the end and beginning of semesters was really useful. The chaotic and messy last semester had just come to an end leaving a clean slate ahead. The completed work of the previous semester could be put to rest and any clutter discarded. The break felt great and allowed you […]
Answers to Your Media Destruction Questions
As paper shredding and information destruction specialists, we receive questions every day. Lately, media destruction is on everyone’s mind. In this blog, we answer several common media storage questions. Q: Why should I use a media destruction service? A: Tapes and hard drives and other digital storage devices have a shelf life. Never toss outdated […]
Inside a Shredding and Destruction Service
You know it’s important to destroy unwanted and expired documents, but do you understand the real value of paper shredding? In this blog post, we take you behind the scenes of a shredding and destruction service where every detail matters. Safety and Security Identity theft and corporate fraud are on the rise. Investing in a […]