As an accountancy professional, you help manage a business’s economic engines, and your clients trust you with their most vital financial data. With open access to the accounts of your clients’ businesses, you can uncover insights that will lead them to financial stability and success.
Ultimately, your business’s success depends on providing service and performance built on a foundation of privacy, confidentiality, and information security.
Despite the importance of privacy, 21% of financial services companies admit they have suffered a data breach.1 While there is a heavy emphasis on digital security, little thought goes towards the thousands of confidential documents printed every year.
That’s where we come in. As experts in paper shredding and hard drive destruction, we know all about document management and workplace privacy.
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1. 2020 DPR
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PIPEDA Act Requires You to Protect Confidential Information!
Like most industries that work with private and confidential information, yours is heavily regulated and governed. And laws designed to protect identities, financial data, and personal privacy come with strict rules and strong fines. We can help you stay compliant.
In addition to industry regulations governing information privacy, here are a few of the key information security laws that also apply.
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Compliance of Bill 198 in Canada
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Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Compliance of Bill 198 in Canada
Set up to monitor internal financial operations and reporting to improve the accuracy and reliability of financial disclosures. The act requires secure document retention and destruction – to better protect against corporate and accounting fraud.
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
Governs how private sector organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information. The act requires organizations to adopt secure physical destruction of personal information to safeguard against any loss, theft, or unauthorized access.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Applies to all companies that handle the personal data of EU residents, including companies that are established outside the EU if they offer goods or services to EU residents or monitor their behaviour.
Compliance of Bill 198 in Canada
Set up to monitor internal financial operations and reporting to improve the accuracy and reliability of financial disclosures. The act requires secure document retention and destruction – to better protect against corporate and accounting fraud.
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
Governs how private sector organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information. The act requires organizations to adopt secure physical destruction of personal information to safeguard against any loss, theft, or unauthorized access.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Applies to all companies that handle the personal data of EU residents, including companies that are established outside the EU if they offer goods or services to EU residents or monitor their behaviour.
Recognize Data Security Threats in Your Organization
You collect some of the most sensitive, private, and confidential information there is. What happens to that information when it is no longer needed can become the source of an information breach.
If you create, collect, or dispose of these types of documents, you and your organization could be at-risk for an information breach.
- Payroll Income Statements
- Foreign Exchange Transactions
- Revenue Forecasts
- Financial Statements
- Balance Sheets
- Contracts Tax Filings and Internal Audits
- Valuation Analysis
- Development Plans
Why Choose Shred-it as Your Go-to Paper Shredding Service?
Shred-it protects organizations' information for their people, customers and brands through secure shredding. With 30 years of experience, our primary focus on document confidentiality and security helps ensure your confidential information remains confidential. We offer paper, hard drive, and specialty scheduled shredding services for all forms of secure records and important documents. As a leader in the secure data destruction industry, we’re ready for you to provide us with the sensitive documents that you need us to shred or purge.
Service Reliability
With the largest paper shredding fleet and the largest service footprint in North America, we are where you are.
Security Expertise
With the most NAID AAA certified mobile/on-site and plant-based shredder facilities, we keep your sensitive information safe.
Customer Experience
With the highest customer satisfaction among all vendors, we are 100% committed to your protection and satisfaction.
Vulnerable Businesses Risk Losing More than Just Money
73% of small business leaders and 94% of consumers surveyed are concerned about data breaches in the future.
Yet, only 60% say they are proactive when it comes to data and information protection leaving many businesses vulnerable.
1. Stericycle, Shred-it Data Protection Report, 2023.
The 2023 Data Protection Report reveals perceptions of the current regulatory landscape and barriers to compliance, as well as assesses the demand for assistance from external information security partners.
What People Are Saying
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