I'm all for technology and find criminal justice and find forensics very
interesting, but a public company that specializes in the reconstruction of
shredded documents does not seem like a good idea to me.  Seems like a
Pandora's box that should not have been opened, even with the potential good
it can serve for law enforcement and the fact that they offer "instruction"
on shredding services.

greg

On 7/18/07, Larry Medina <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> On 7/18/07, Graham Kitchen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Not only is it a privacy breech, but the only way some people can make
> > money
> > in those countries is to go through, page by page, the material that is
> > being recycled.  They then sell any information that can be sold.  This
> > can
> > be corporate secrets, personal information or what have you.  It makes
> no
> > difference to them.  It is just a way to feed their family.
>
>
> Years ago, when much of the paper was being sold in full sheets and baled
> whole for further processing, most of it was bing sent to Asia via the
> Port
> of Oakland.   One of the companies I worked for in the past fell victim to
> a
> serious problem because of this practice, and started shredding and
> ensuring
> the end product was either pulped or incinerated (when that was an option)
> afterwards.
>
> And that was long before THIS was a option for concern.
> http://www.churchstreet-technology.com/Reconstruction.htm
>
> Anyone who has seen what's possible by stopping for a demonstration at
> this
> vendor's booth at ARMA (not intended as an endorsement or concern) should
> be
> seriously concerned if privacy is part of their job function and they are
> stopping at strip or coarse crosscut shredding as a means of "secure
> destruction".
>
> And this, which has been "pending" since mid-May may be of some concern to
> those who use certain service providers to provide proper destruction of
> their records once they have satisfied retention requirements
> http://www.naidonline.org/news/05-15-2007_7.html
>
> If it were me, and I had Business Associates Agreements in place that
> shift
> the responsibility of information while in storage or under the control of
> a
> third party to that party, I'd want to carefully watch any intent to
> establish a possible loophole to avoid that responsibility and consider
> finding a way to shift it back to the client.  The concept of "vendor self
> certification" isn't one that sits well with me as a RIM professional.
>
> Larry
>
> --
> Larry Medina
> Danville, CA
> RIM Professional since 1972
>
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