You must protect your documents from being pilfered from disposal containers outside your business, and also protect documents from internal pilfering and theft. Information theft for illegal use is burgeoning, and even shredded documents not properly disposed of are a target of these sophisticated criminals.

These threats can be eliminated through secure document destruction and disposal from DRD Information Management.

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Major Cities: Merrillville, Valparaiso, South Bend, Elkhart, Ft. Wayne, Lafayette.

Counties: Lake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph, Elkhart, DeKalb, Whitley, Wells, Tippecanoe.

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Shredding Companies Haul Away and Recycle Shredded Documents.

On November 20, 2008 WNDU in South Bend, Indiana reported that an anonymous man stated he had found patient records belonging to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in a dumpster near the hospital. These documents were not shredded.  The medical center denies these records were found in a dumpster but agrees they are authentic. 
The man who found the not yet shredded documents in the dumpster included a doctor’s appointment book from 2004 and patient’s names and procedures.
 The bottom line is the hospital records were found somehow. If the documents had been securely stored or destroyed there would not be a potential HIPAA problem for the hospital or potential identity theft from the patient records.

Indiana has new law which among other things promotes Shredding.

The law Increases the penalties for database owners who recklessly discard consumers’ personal information, such as Social Security numbers. The law states that if a business discards such records without shredding, blacking out or incinerating them first, then the Attorney General’s office could file suit and seek penalties of $5,000 per incident for the violation. In a potentially more costly way, the information owners are also required to notify the State of Indiana Attorney Generals office if such the records are improperly disposed of.