All the shredders on this site are HIPAA compliant.

General information
HIPAA ...
- Stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
- Mandates stringent privacy/confidentiality standards regarding individual health information.
- Establishes minimum federal confidentiality standards, but state laws providing greater consumer protection also still apply.
- Standards extend not only to covered entities, but also to any business associates used for administrative and other services.

Secure Shredders suggests
- Keep all patient information secure, and destroy that which no longer needs to be retained.
- Ensure that your associates return or destroy all patient information upon contract termination, and that they retain NO copies.
- Be aware of the criminal and civil penalties that you could face for violating HIPAA standards. You have until April 2003 to comply with the HIPAA standards, but the risks involved should be a powerful incentive to begin compliance immediately.