BBB Shreds More than 13 Tons of Sensitive Documents

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Eastern North Carolina appear today that added than 13 bags of abstracts were disconnected on Sept. 20 as allotment of its “Secure Your ID” Day contest at Raleigh’s Ridgewood Shopping Center and Falls River Town Center. The chargeless contest provided consumers a safe agency of antibacterial abstracts absolute claimed information.

“People took an important aboriginal footfall in attention their character by administration of claimed documents,” said Beverly Baskin, admiral and CEO of BBB of Eastern North Carolina. “It was abundant to see so abounding humans appear out. We acknowledge all who participated.”

The contest had a accumulated 540 cars in attendance. People alone off an arrangement of abstracts that included: analysis books, case statements, academy records, account bills, acclaim agenda receipts, and annals receipts, a allotment of others. Documents destroyed anachronous as far aback as 1969.

“I acclimated to be a accomplice in a baby business and accept several years account of paperwork from the company,” said atom actor Lisa Schaut, buyer of Schaut Creative Accounting. “I wasn’t abiding who could atom such a quantity, and the BBB accident gave me a defended way to actuate of these acute documents.”

Participants were encouraged to accompany up to three accoutrements or boxes of abstracts to be shredded, and BBB broadcast advice on how to added assure consumers from character theft.

For added advice on character protection, appointment www.bbb.org.

About BBB of Eastern North Carolina:
The Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina is a 501 (c)(6) not-for-profit association confined 33 counties in Eastern North Carolina. The alignment is adjourned primarily by BBB Accredited Business fees from added than 3,200 bounded business and able firms. The BBB promotes integrity, chump aplomb and business belief through business self-regulation in the bounded marketplace. Services provided by the BBB include, letters on companies and accommodating organizations, accepted ecology of bartering in the marketplace, altercation resolution services, and consumer/business apprenticeship programs. All casework are provided at no amount to the public, with the casual barring of arbitration and arbitration. Visit www.bbb.org.