The following links and resources contain ways to connect to information relating to secure destruction of sensitive documents. We hope that you find this site helpful!

NAID – www.naidonline.org – National Association for Information Destruction, Inc. NAID is the organization that oversees standards in the shredding industry. Opportunity Secure Data Destruction is AAA-Certified through NAID. This means that OSDD has passed NAID’s rigorous audit and is subject to random audits whenever NAID wishes to conduct them.

Secure Document Alliance - www.securedocumentalliance.org Secure Document Alliance is a group of affiliated NAID AAA-Certified organizations that are all not-for-profit, mission driven companies. This alliance was made so that customers who needed regional or national service would be able to have superior service while supporting organizations within communities that service persons with disabilities.

Church Street Technology, Inc. – www.churchstreet-technology.com This is a company that specializes in the reconstruction of shredded, but not pulped or incinerated documents.

Federal Privacy Act – www.privacy.gov.au/act This site provides details of the Federal Privacy Act as well as guidelines that affect private sector business, health service providers & commonwealth and ACT government agencies.

FACTA (or FACT Act) – www.ftc.gov FACTA is the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act, a federal law designed to reduce the risk of consumer fraud and identity theft created by improper disposal of consumer information. Compliance was effective June 1, 2005 and nearly every business in America is affected.

For the Consumer: www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/06/factaidt.htm This portion of the FTC website is written for the consumer and explains how FACTA will help reduce identity theft.

HIPPA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 – www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPPAGenInfo/02_TheHippaLawandMore.asp HIPPA was enacted in 1996 to provide provisions to safeguard the privacy of patient health records.

GLBA: Graham Leach Bliley Act of 1999 – www.ftc.gov/privacy/glbact/glbsub1.htm Enacted to safeguard non-public personal information.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Financial and Accounting Disclosure Information www.sarbanes-oxley.com This site lists up-to-date articles on current companies and compliance with this law. The law can be found on: http://files.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/gwbush/sarbanesoxley072302.pdf

The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21) www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/truncation This act was signed into law on October 28, 2003 and became effective October 28, 2004. This government web site links to FAQ as well as gives details regarding the law and the implementation.

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