SELECTSHRED | NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2015
PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS UNDER THE FLORIDA INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2014
Sometimes doing it yourself is cost-effective and wise. However, changing times, laws, and expectations dictate that businesses take another approach to completing a task that seems so mundane that there is no apparent reason why they should not do it themselves. Information destruction or document shredding is often considered as such a task.
Here are three ways to protect your business and comply with the Florida Information Protection Act of 2014:
- Outsource your information destruction or document shredding to a qualified third-party. If new information protection laws caused you to buy an office shredder, think about using a NAID AAA Certified information destruction company for proper destruction and disposal.
- Get a record of compliance from a third- party information destruction company. Without having a record of compliance from a NAID AAA Certified company, you can forfeit valuable legal protection if your business is alleged to have an information security breach. A certification of destruction from your information destruction company is your legal record of compliance.
- Ensure proper destruction of hard drives and other non-paper media. Before hard drives and other non-paper media are disposed of, the confidential information stored on them must be destroyed. This is best done by physically destroying the hard drives and non-paper media.
The best way to be compliant with the Florida Information Protection Act and with federal regulations such as FACTA, GLBA, and HIPAA is to entrust the security of your confidential information to a NAID AAA Certified company for its proper destruction and disposal.
