He invented a hand-cranked shredder that sat in a wooden frame and was big enough to handle a sheet of paper. He ladded a motor to power the device later, and sold shredders throughout the s to a variety of government entities and embassies. The Cold War increased the popularity of Ehinger's device through the 's, and in his company created the first cross cut shredder that cut paper not only into strips, but cut it into tiny bits for an increased level of security.
Since their invention, shredders have played an important role in many great historical moments. Before the s, shredders were used almost only by government and military organizations. As privacy concerns, the threat of identity theft and laws prohibiting burning garbage in many areas have increased, paper shredders have been adopted across the private sector - first by businesses, and now, gradually, by private citizens. And as document transmission has shifted from papers to digital files, shredders have improved their capacities to shred not only paper, but also paper clips, staples, DVDs, CDs and plastic identity and credit cards.
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DataShield has all necessary controls in place, so we can be confident that our private information is being properly disposed of. From pulverizing paper to shredding hard drives and other media they meet all of our information destruction needs. The first patented paper shredder A little digging into the history of the paper shredder reveals Abbot Augustus Low as the inventor of the first paper shredder.
Continued innovations with the industrial shredder As many inventions do, paper shredders evolved and through the s became smaller, with less readable shreds. Start protecting your documents and data now. Call Today. Business Manager. Palzer Office Manager.
Some believe the paper shredder was made to shred Mr. In , the hand crank was eventually replaced with a motor and the shredding machines were sold to the government and financial institutions. It was once uncommon for documents to be shredded by non-government entities.
The case was California v. It was determined that the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the warrantless search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside of a home. This new concern started the awareness of personal information, thrown away, is a personal liability. The United States Federal Trade Commission estimates that more than 9 million cases of identity theft take place per year.
The federal government recommends that individuals defend themselves against identity theft by shredding financial documents before disposal. In fact, privacy laws like FACTA , HIPAA and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act are requiring companies to properly destroy personal documents to avoid the unauthorized disclosure of personal information, which now carries both civil and criminal implications.
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