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Are you disposing of confidential waste securely?
...e for any data until it has been destroyed. It is important that a certificate of destruction is obtained from the information destruction company as proof that the process has been completed. The dangers posed by identity theft, one of the UK’s fastest growing crimes, also makes disposing of confidential waste even more important. Businesses should ensure that they shred any confidential waste, or use a reputable company to dispose of it for them. ID fraud costs the UK £1.34bn every year. It has been discovered that organised criminals are now paying accomplices £5 a document, to rummage through the ...
News | 1 Mar 2007
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Businesses encouraged to recycle confidential waste securely
...d disposal companies that can securely destroy and recycle confidential material on paper, CD, video tape, and computer hard drives. The list can be found here Simon Pearce, the BSIA Information Destruction Section Chairman, said: “Many businesses are unaware that it's possible to dispose of confidential waste securely and be kind to the environment at the same time. BSIA information destruction companies will not only shred your confidential waste whilst complying with British Standards, but will also ensure that any waste that can be is recycled. This means that businesses can both fulfill their requir...
News | 23 Jun 2006
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Confidential Waste
Is there an Approved Code of Practice for the shredding of confidential waste? I'm looking at our process for data destruction and some offices have shredders and some use a company to come and take away to be destroyed. However, the ones with shredders have various types... I seem to recall something about cross-cutting being the best shredders to have, but my memory fails ...
Comment | 5 May 2005
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Confidential data - shredding the evidence
...r the sake of boning up on what the Data Protection Act requires of organisations, and putting compliant security measures in place to protect personal information, it's possible to avoid the financial penalties, loss of reputation and business and even boost company environmental credentials, when confidential waste disposal contributes to organisational recycling targets. Workplace Law Group, Second Floor, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE t 0871 777 8881 f 0871 777 8882 1 © Workplace Law Group 2009 All rights reserved Confidential data shredding the evidence This briefing, by Anth...
News analysis | 8 Sep 2009
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Confidential Waste
Take a look at the MI5 website at http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page56.html for some guidance. Hope this helps Nigel
Comment | 9 May 2005
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New scheme offers SMEs help and advice on hazardous waste
...d email address. HAZRED Project Manager Gill Ross-Jones commented: "The introduction of the Hazardous Waste Regulations last year resulted in many small businesses being challenged with tackling the complexities of hazardous waste for the first time. "But businesses can still access free, confidential help to tackle the demands of this legislation by joining HAZRED - as well as saving money through the establishment of a strong and systematic programme of waste management." Businesses interested in the project or wanting to register interest in taking part can find out more by visiting http:/...
News | 25 Aug 2006
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Aggregates Levy: Consultation on Relief for Waste Aggregate
...f waste aggregate material. The Consultation The consultation takes the form of a questionnaire, which is available on HM Customs & Excise website at http://www.hmce.gov.uk/consultation/consultationregister.htm All information received in the course of the consultation will be treated as confidential. The consultation runs until 10 March 2003.
News | 15 Dec 2002
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Personnel Files
...rsonnel files for ex employees for? We are a relatively smally company and don't outsource our archiving and I am running out of space. I have a number of files of ex employees who left some time back but I am unsure on whether I should be keeping their files and if not, can i just put them in the confidential waste?
Comment | 4 Jun 2010
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HMRC admits further security breaches
...breach was reported to the information commissioner."We introduced at that stage more stringent rules," Mr Hartnett said. "We set out in 2006 to learn lessons in relation to security and to tighten things up."The further breaches include: letters about tax credits being sent to the wrong addresses; confidential waste falling from a lorry; 15,000 records being mislaid on their way to a pension company; and a laptop containing sensitive information being stolen from a car in Liverpool.HMRC announced on 5 December that it was putting up a reward of £20,000 to anyone who helped with the recovery of the lost CDs, w...
News | 6 Dec 2007
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Security of personal information "should be taken more seriously"
...e cards fall into the wrong hands? How can online recruitment allow applicants to see each others’ forms? How can any bank chief executive face customers and shareholders and admit that loan rejections, health insurance applications, credit cards and bank statements can be found, unsecured in non-confidential waste bags? “Business and public sector leaders must take their data protection obligations more seriously. The majority of organisations process personal information appropriately – but privacy must be given more priority in every UK boardroom. Organisations that fail to process personal informa...
News | 12 Jul 2007
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Data destruction and disposal
... requirements. This trend is especially clear in public sector purchasing specifications, where non-cost requirements often account for a high percentage of the final tender evaluation. The good news is that most organisations have a range of data destruction options to meet different confidential waste needs. Some options are internal, whilst others necessitate the services of an external data destruction specialist. Clearly, the choice rests with organisations, their individual purchasing requirements and their ethics, and they will need to balance the advantages and disadvantages of available o...
Briefing | 16 Oct 2007
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MI5 updates security guidance for business
...procedures; consider establishing a mailroom away from your main premises. When recruiting staff or hiring contractors, check identities and follow up references. Consider how best to protect your information and take proper IT security precautions. Examine your methods for disposing of confidential waste. Plan and test your business continuity plans, ensuring that you can continue to function without access to your main premises and IT systems. Among the guidance in the pamphlet is the suggestion that bosses should consider the security implications of getting rid of internal walls. Ope...
News | 17 Mar 2006
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Businesses warned to take corporate identity security seriously
...risks that their businesses face," comments BSIA Information Destruction Section Chairman, Simon Pearce. "Disposing of confidential data securely is the key to the reduction of this risk and the BSIA's 'Security Waste Audit' is designed to make companies think twice about their current attitudes to confidential waste disposal. "A lot of businesses don't realise that the destruction of confidential documents is covered by the Data Protection Act and that using a conventional waste or recycling company is unlikely to provide the level of security necessary to ensure documents don't fall into the wrong hands."...
News | 17 May 2005
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Who's looking at you?
...ses, because most are settled out of court under requirements of high confidentiality. But I have heard of damages in the region of £50,000 being paid to single claimants.' For most firms, complying with the Act and, for that matter, avoiding fraud means outsourcing the secure destruction of confidential waste to a specialist service provider. A good information destruction company, as they are known, will securely transport sensitive material, shred it industrially and provide an audit and certificate of destruction. Ideally, they should also have procedures for recycling the material once made secure. ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005
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Annual support contract
...ulations 1999. We offer sensible, pragmatic advice concentrating on practical action to control significant risks – not over-responding to trivial issues. What the annual support contract includes Unlimited telephone and email support on health and safety issues. Unlimited online support for confidential and/or public questions. Initial health and safety compliance audit, which includes a review of your organisation’s health and safety policies and documentation. Management assistance: where necessary, attendance at Health and Safety Committee meetings, including ongoing monitoring and assistin...
Support | 9 Feb 2012
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Regulatory compliance and risk management
...tal legislation that your organisation has to comply with so that a structured approach can be taken. In the event of an environmental incident or accident, we are also able to support you post-event and to advise and represent you in dealings with enforcing authorities and in legal proceedings. Confidential advice and support on environmental law and compliance. Independent compliance audits give peace of mind and manage risk to avoid potential exposure. Flexible, responsible response in the event of incidents or accidents. Year-round, fixed-price support as part of our Environmental annual support...
Support | 9 Feb 2012
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It’s a WRAP
... that you're meeting the Waste Hierarchy and issue you with a notice if you fail to meet these stipulations within a requisite period of time." This is when financial penalties could be imposed. Anthony Pearlgood is Commercial Director at PHS Datashred, which specialises in the secure shredding of confidential data, and offers a wide range of office recycling solutions. He agrees that most waste contractors will take the obligation of managing the waste transfer note on for the customer, as long as they've got the European Waste Catalogue Code (EWC code) for the type of waste being produced and it says o...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011
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A new age?
...an organisation." 35019 Autistic employee awarded £1.3m in disability discrimination case An autistic senior member of staff has settled a disability discriminationclaimfor£1.3m, understood to be one of the largest settlements reached for this form of discrimination. The case was settled under a confidential agreement but the employee's solicitor says that the City firm has promised to implement internal training and policies educating staff on non-visibledisabilitiessuchas autism, dyslexia or Asperger's syndrome. Mohini Bharania, a disability discrimination solicitor at Russell Jones and Walker, comme...
Magazine issue | 5 Sep 2011
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Resolving Workplace Disputes Consultation – our response
...tegies for moving forward and agreeing with the parties. Emotional cost where there is conflict between individuals that can lead to bad feeling which may be prolonged if mediation is unsuccessful. This also means mediation as a tool gets seen as just `lip service'. Additionally, as mediation is confidential, those on the periphery of the issue (i.e. indirectly involved) can feel frustrated when they don't `see' an outcome. Cost of third party mediator specifically where this does not lead to resolution and you still end up at an ET. Actual costs can range from £600 £1,500 a day but most issues...
News analysis | 4 Apr 2011
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Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill
...opher Graham, said: "These first monetary penalties send a strong message to all organisations handling personal information. Get it wrong and you do substantial harm to individuals and the reputation of your business. You could also be fined up to half a million pounds." 31404 Employee fired over confidentiality breach A bank worker who was sacked by the Royal Bank of Scotland after boasting on Facebook about her redundancy payout has mounted a legal challenge against her dismissal. Katie Furlong told her online friends she would collect a £6,000 payout from the Edinburghbased bank, after RBS announced...
Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011
