One of the things that I love about Louisville, KY is its sense of community and fellowship. You can tell by some of the events that the City holds, that it cares about its residents and businesses. A great example of this is the Free Community Shredding Event that it is holding this weekend, September 8, 2007, at the Louisville Zoo. Residents and Businesses are invited to bring anything from hard drives, to CD's, to credit card applications and have them shredded on site. The items that are shredded are then sent to be recycled and turned into mulch, paper, etc.
There is no limit to the number of documents that residents can shred; however, businesses are asked to bring no more than 100 pounds. Last year, this event shredded more than 28 tons of material!
Event information:
Location: Louisville Zoo
Date: September 8, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE!!!
This event is sponsored by the great people at Shred-It, who generously donated their time and equipment to this event.
Please take advantage of this free service and protect yourself from identity theft.
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This is an amazing event in many different ways. I'm glad to see it's become tradition.
I'm glad too, Danielle. This event is in it's third year. Hopefully we'll see a huge increase in the number of documents shredded this year and for many years to come!
Choicepoint has recently announced that some customer’s personal information was compromise by imposters who identified themselves as legitimate operators.
Choicepoint was a company that spun out of the data revolution. In a short seven years, this company had collect records on almost every living adult in the US. It is a large data compiler, which also buys data from as well as collects info that is sold to governments, FBI, major corporations, credit bureaus, insurance companies and others for credit cards, employment and many other purposes.
When word came out about this it was characterized as a major national security issue. It is very had to get a hold Choicepoint and it has been suspected for some time that there is no accountability as to what this company does with information it collects.
Research this for yourself and see if you can find info as it is expected that 10 million records were affected. The Federal Trade Commission is supposed to be investigation this breach of security.