This is an eye opener!
Do you remember the last thing you had copied, either for yourself or someone else?
You probably do. It could have been someone's driver's license for your client file, a HUD statement, an earnest money check, tax returns for a mortgage broker, or a contract. How about your insurance card at the doctor's office or your social security card for a job you just accepted?
These are just a small sample of what we copy on a daily basis. But did you know that the copy machine keeps a digital image of every single thing that it copies?? They're all stored on its hard drive, ready and waiting to be re-viewed by whomever looks for them.
I don't know about you, but to me, that it S-C-A-R-Y.
My uncle sent me this YouTube video the other day which explains everything clearer that I can. It's a piece that CBS News did on April 25, 2010. It is a couple minutes long, but you'll be glad you checked it out. Or maybe not.
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How easy is it for someone to get to that information? I have seen agents leave hard copies of clients credit reports, drivers license, check, etc, right on top of the copy machine. Now that bothers me.
Wow, I didn't know that. It seems that everywhere you turn now your private information is captured by someone or something.
Wow. Thanks for reblogging. I didn't know that!
Richard, that would scare me too.
John, who would have thought that the security breach for credit cards, drivers licenses or bank account records would occur via a copier.
Loreena, I went to a new doctor today. Instead of providing them with my drivers license as ID, I gave them my HOA card.