Government Regulation, Class Actions, Negative Publicity

Who Likes Surprises?

Some Do, Some Don’t

Government Regulators, Tort Lawyers, Journalists, Environmental Activists and Identity Thieves love surprises. C-Level Executives, Investors and shareholders do not.

Data Security Surprises

Countless articles have described investigations that have produced alarming examples of private and proprietary data recovered from "recycled" or donated computers and storage devices found in the U.S. as well as equipment exported to third world countries.

In addition to competitive risk and customer loyalty, executives face numerous, significant liabilities for not protecting data privacy: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 GLB); Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (FACTA); not to mention various individual State laws with their own unique requirements.

Environmental Surprises

Companies that generate over 220 lbs. per month of hazardous waste are regulated under federal law when disposing of electronics. The guidelines make it the disposer’s responsibility to discover whether or not a product contains any landfill-polluting toxic components.

It’s estimated that up to 70% of the heavy metals in landfills come from e-waste.

Significantly complicating electronic waste disposal is the myriad of unique state laws and regulations that may apply in addition to federal requirements. This creates an especially unfortunate operating environment for companies that do business in multiple states.

Keep It Simple

The complicated and ever shifting legal and regulatory environment has lead many industry leading companies to simplify their task and mitigate future risk by seeking to meet the strictest known requirements; thereby exceeding existing federal and state laws.