Testimonials

I came across Safeshred at a time of crisis almost a year ago. I was informed by a medical facility I had attended for Dialysis Treatments for about a year in Nov 2013 that due to a “Data Breach” my medical, financial information ( including my social security number and banking info) had been compromised due to the negligence of an employee, along with 325 other patients.  I have been in the business of Healthcare for over 25 yrs and know the importance of properly securing patient’s health information and patients Personal Information (PHI, PPI).  I implemented a program across the Health System, and trained my 200+ staff on proper handling of PHI and PPI information.  At home I did the same with my personal shredder and my own data.  Little did I know that despite all precautions, I would become a victim of Identity Theft.  It was not until June on 2014, when I received a letter from the IRS inquiring about the 1040EZ (which I have never been able to file), that it was determined my SS# had been used to commit a federal crime. Now after hundreds of hours, Thousands of Dollars, A 200 POINT DROP IN MY CREDIT SCORE!!  did I realize that the “1 yr free Credit Monitoring” I received due to the Data Breach was nothing even close to what I would need to gather all the information, police reports, file affidavits etc… to fight the thousands of Collection Calls, numerous medical bills from NY to OK from collection agencies and medical services I never received.

Fortunately the State of California have been progressive in legislation to assist and protect Victims if ID Theft, but the Education and Resources that help assist the victim in recovering from this invasive crime is still lacking.  However, Safeshred is doing an incredible community service by educating the public about protecting your confidential information.  They also back up the talk with the walk by holding Free drop-off Friday’s once a month, where the public can drop off up to 3 small boxes of paperwork to be disposed of for free AND you get a Certification insuring that your data had been disposed of properly!!  YOU CANNOT BET THAT, as for the cost for additional items to be disposed of, they are very reasonable, but you cannot put a price on the PEACE OF MIND you have when you know that you are doing your part to help protect yourself and your family from the nightmare of being the victim of ID Theft and mental, physical and psychological toll you pay when you reaching for guidance or a lifeline to be rescued and recover from this crime.

Safeshred was there when I needed guidance and  because I am now hypersensitive to insuring nothing of a personal nature goes out with the trash. Safeshred gives me a sense of security that I will not be the cause of this crime happening to my family ever again!   THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO!!, now I am off to drop off my boxes of paperwork for this month!!”

– Randall W