Dawn Connelly

To Protect Your Identity Today, our lives are stored on our cell phones. From banking and credit card information to social media accounts, emails and other personal information, our phones and other mobile devices hold so much information that can pose a risk for ID theft if compromised. When upgrading to a new device, it’s…

4 Tips to Prevent Fraud & ID Theft The holidays season is here and with it comes the need to protect yourself and your family from the latest scams and ID theft. According to experts, more than 75% of Americans were victims of a holiday scam last year. Here are the top five ways to…

Why Consistency Matters The importance of protecting your ID, whether as an individual or for your business, is as important and pressing as it ever was. ID theft continues to grow in the United States and around the globe. Shredding documents and devices that contain personal and confidential information is the top way to protect…

Top Steps to Keep Their Information Secure ID theft continues to grow in the United States and around the globe. Today’s businesses must protect their company from data breaches that can not only hurt them financially, but also cause damage to their reputation. A key aspect of this is protecting your customers’ private information and…

Top Documents Education Institutions Should Be Shredding Educational institutions including schools, colleges and universities receive and store numerous documents that contain confidential information. Because of this, just like any other business or organization, they must implement a records retention and disposal program to ensure compliance with privacy regulations. Here’s a quick guide to which documents…

Here’s what you need to know One of the most important steps to protecting your business from data theft and ID theft is proper disposal of documents, files, hard drives, devices and other items that contain confidential information. And although recycling is considered an important way to help the environment, there are certain risks that…

6 Steps to Safeguard Your Identity When ID theft occurs, the victim faces numerous issues and challenges, not the least of which could be financial losses. Unfortunately, no one is immune to identity theft, and it’s because of this that you need to understand the risks and take the recommended steps to safeguard your personal…

How to Keep Your Company Data Safe In the last few years more and more companies have adopted a hybrid model for their workforce. Allowing employees to work off site has become popular and although this model has many benefits for both workers and their companies, there are certain security risks that must be addressed…

Top Reasons For Secure Disposal Whether you’re an attorney or a physician, or work in either industry in any capacity, any records you maintain for your clients/patients must be managed, stored and disposed of properly. Although most who work in these fields understand the importance of privacy and the mandates behind Personally Identifiable Information (PII)…

Which Documents Should Be Shredded? As a professional in the legal field, you know the importance of following mandates and guidelines for protecting the rights of your clients and your firm. The Social Security Act, which prohibits companies from revealing confidential information and FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act), which protects the clients’ right…