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This is the Ecoshred Blog where you can find news and updates about document shredding, legislation and reasons why all businesses should adopt a 'Shred-all' policy.
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Identity Fraud Rising
The number of people falling victim to fraud has raised in the last year, according to CIFAS the UK’s fraud prevention unit. In the UK, the fraud prevention service found that the number of consumers who became victims of such … Continue reading
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Costs of a Data Breach Continues to Increase
Each lost record cost firms £64 sterling in 2009; £69 for private sector, £59 for public organisations. The 2009 Annual Study: UK Cost of a Data Breach report, compiled by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by PGP Corporation, found that … Continue reading
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Tagged data breach, data loss, data protection act, data security, personally identifiable information
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Facts about Paper Recycling
When we think about recycling, waste paper recycling is perhaps one of the first areas that springs to mind as many of us have been doing this for a number of years. In fact, paper was first recycled in the nineteenth … Continue reading
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Tagged landfill, paper recycling, recycled paper, recycling, waste paper recycling
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How Long Should You Keep Business Documents For?
Many businesses are required to keep a variety of records and documents for a minimum amount of time, usually seven years. Some Industries may vary however so it’s always good practice to check to ensure your staying compliant.
Ecoshred through to the final of the North West Business accelerators award
Ecoshred is proud to announce we have successfully been shortlisted for the North West business accelerators award. Thousands of businesses applied and through a rigorous and strict selection process Ecoshred were chosen for the final 8.
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Tagged awards, business accelerator, data protection compliancy, eco-friendly
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Increase in Small Businesses that are Securely Shredding Confidential Personal Information
Identity theft ranks currently as one of the UK’s fastest growing crimes. Statistics from the UK Identity Fraud Steering Committee, estimate the total cost of identity fraud to the UK economy at approximately £1.2 billion every year, equivalent to around … Continue reading
UK Businesses: The Importance of Protecting Confidential Data
UK businesses are being warned to pay attention to data protection as when the economy goes down, the number of security risks to a company traditionally goes up. If your business is unfortunate enough to suffer a security breach you … Continue reading
Prevent Identity Theft – Shred those Documents!
Identity theft is easy unless your business takes steps to prevent it. The UK’s Fraud Prevention Service show that there were 89,000 victims of identity theft in the UK 2010 compared with 2009 where there were 85,000 victims. Identity fraud … Continue reading
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Tagged document destruction, fraud prevention, identity theft, information protection
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