August 1st, 2012 from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, “court documents
containing personal information
of court respondents sat for weeks in a
dumpster outside a Madison County building.”
August 2nd, 2012 from
News Channel 7 in Spartanburg-Greenville, NC, “a tax preparer who closed
her business three years ago says she unknowingly dumped boxes of
records recently, some of which included personal information.”
Well, in our economy, it's particle size to be specific. To quote a line from the 1889 read of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain; he writes, "She was wise, subtle and knew more than one way to skin a cat."
That is, more than one way to get the job done!
I will admit that there is indeed more than one way to destroy a document. Yes, you can bury it in a plastic bag in your backyard, let Mother Nature do her thing and hope it's never unearthed to become fodder for the next identity thief.
August 1st, 2012 from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, “court documents
containing personal information