Worth knowing - all around data protection

Seriously

How do you destroy cleared documents?

• Rupture?
• Rumple?
• or are they landing unaltered in the waste bin?

Such a neglect regarding privat and commercial data may cause high expenses.

What are confidential document?

Data protection regulations

As an individual, am I obliged to destroy my confidential documents?
No. Only companies are obliged to comply with specific data protection regulations. However, the following also applies to individuals: with your personal data, third parties can cause you trouble or financial damage. It doesn't take much for you to protect yourself effectively against any misuse data. Do not simply throw documents containing confidential data into your bin. Instead, use a document shredder to destroy them.

What can happen if I do not destroy my confidential documents and what is identity theft?

The aim of identity theft, i.e. the improper use of personal data by fraud, to sell it to persons interested or to discredit the rightful owner of the identity data.

The most frequent types of identity theft are credit card fraud, account theft and bank fraud. According to a survey by the (FTC), in the USA, these criminal offences cause a yearly damage of roughly 33 billion dollars to business customers and roughly four billion dollars to private households.

Identity theft is a form of criminality that is on the increase in countries that make use of high technology.

What can I do to protect my personal data?

• Use a document shredder to destroy your personal documents and do not throw any documents containing personal data or your signature into the waste bin.
• Store all documents that you still require securely to protect them from access by third persons 
• Do not leave any documents with personal data such as letters and magazines with address labels, lying around - not even in the car
• If you use your credit card for a payment, do not forget to take all vouchers with you that contain your complete account data

HSM provides document shredders for every security level beginning with level 1 ending at level 5 - even beyond: the new developed security level HS Level 6 is for the highest security requirements.