Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Who Said It???

"We do the price shopping, so you don't have to?"
Mark Wattles
Owner
Ultimate Electronics

We all want to feel like we didn't get "ripped off". Here are a few questions to ask when looking for a shredding company.

1. Are they on-site or off-site with their shredding? Will you want someone else taking your boxes of paper back to their wearhouse to shred, or do you personally want to watch the shredders do the shredding.

2. Will you be given a Certificate of Destruction? For HIPPA guidelines, it is necessary to have proof that the personal records were destroyed. Will you have to pay any more for the certificate of destruction.

3. Will the company take away the empty boxes after everything is shredded? Typically, shredding companies do not have a standard box removal. Some might offer box removal for an additional fee.

4. Is there a "truck fee"? Some shredding companies have a truck service fee for either on-site or off-site?

5. What is the per box cost to shred. Most shredding companies utilize a sliding cost scale for the cost/box. Typically, the more boxes you have, the cheaper it becomes.

6. Is there a minimum charge to shred? For some on-site companies, they will charge a minimum fee to shredd up to a certain amount of boxes.

Hope these questions help when choosing a shredding company to use?

Firm Slapped for Lack of Destruction Policies

The SEC issued a cease-and-desist order against J.P. Turner & Company over an alleged failure to adopt and implement information protection policies and procedures to safeguard customer records.

The SEC alleged that because there were no policies and procedures, the firm never gave its branch managers or registered representative’s guidance on how to protect and dispose of customer records.

A related filing indicated that the SEC's enforcement division is seeking remedial action against J.P. Turner.

For full article:
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-enforcement-proceedings-the-matter-jp-turner-company-llc-/2009/07/17/4279092.htm