Information Security & Paper Shredding for Real Estate Professionals
Real Estate is Your Business. Protecting Private Information is Ours.
Safeguard your real estate business from fraud and identity theft with real estate paper shredding and hard drive destruction services from the leader in information destruction and secure document shredding.
Information breaches and data theft are becoming more and more commonplace every year. And while most incidents were once confined to the financial and retail sectors, more and more data breaches occur in any industry that collects, manages, and stores confidential information – especially if that information contains financial details records.
Whether you are in commercial or consumer real estate, firms like yours are likely targets because of the significant personal and financial information you rely upon in the course of any property transaction. And your relationship with your clients relies on transparency, accountability, and confidentiality; they expect you to keep their personal, private information safe and secure from the threats and risks of a information data breach. They envision your best in document security to keep their confidential information secure and prevent identity theft for their peace-of-mind, regardless of whether their information is kept as paper documents or as electronic media.
Our secure shredding services can ensure that your important documents are physically destroyed. Keep your information secure and confidential under our watch.
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Protecting your confidential information isn’t just good business, it’s the law!
Like most industries that work with private and confidential information, the real estate sector is heavily regulated and governed. And privacy laws designed to protect identities, medical information, financial data records, and personal privacy come with strict rules – and strong fines for violating them. We can help you stay compliant with our information management solutions and our document shredding services.
Here are just a few of the key Federal, State, and Local information security laws that require privacy compliance.
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)
Ensures accuracy and privacy of consumers’ financial information and requires effective policies in the workplace to secure destruction of consumer information to prevent identity thefts and unauthorized access to the information.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Is an act set up for publicly traded companies to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate financial disclosures. The act also requires secure document retention and destruction – to better protect against corporate and accounting fraud.
Gramm-Leach Bliley Act
Gramm-Leach Bliley Act
Protects the privacy of consumer information held by any business that provides financial products or services. It also ensures privacy protections against the sale of any private financial information. Violators can be fined up to $1,000,000.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Protects the personal data and privacy of EU citizens and applies to all companies, whether they operate in the EU or outside, that store or use any information about EU citizens.
Learn To Recognize The Risks.
If you create, collect, or dispose of these types of documents, you and your organization could be at risk for an information breach.
- Contracts and Agreements
- Client Financial Statements
- Social Security Numbers
- Leases and Rental Contracts
- Business Financial Statements
- Blueprints and Floor Plans
- Tax Filings and Internal Audits
- Payroll and HR Documents
- Development Plans and Forecasts