Prevent Identity Theft

"Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the USA."
Source: National Crime Prevention Council

"Companies are 15 times more likely to experience employee theft than customer theft."
Source: ADP.com

"6% of the American adult population is affected by identity theft. 9 million have had their identities stolen."
Source: Better Business Bureau

"Contractors, who were hired by a large consumer products firm, have been caught in the middle of “Dumpster Diving” campaigns at rivals’ headquarters. One professional commented on hitting more than 2,500 dumpsters in the pursuit of corporate information on behalf of their clients."
Source: Chicago Tribune report, 2002

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Identity theft is a serious crime. People whose identities have been stolen can spend months or years – and hard-earned money – cleaning up the mess thieves have made of their good name and credit record.

The great promise of the Information Age also raises new challenges and opportunities for ensuring effective privacy
protections. Identity theft is now dubbed “the fastest growing crime of the century."

The Supreme Court has ruled that information in your trash is “fair game” to anyone. The current law in the United States (federal as well as state law) is that a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy for contents of garbage; and a person has relinquished any property interest in garbage, even when it sits in metal trash cans or opaque plastic bags awaiting collection.

Shredding is the best way to prevent Identity Theft via dumpster diving.