​According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 17.6 million U.S. residents experienced some sort of identity theft in 2014.  That means millions of people in the United States have had unauthorized use or attempted use of an existing account, new account, or overall misuse of personal information for a fraudulent purpose.

But how are thieves gaining access to this personal information?  One way they may be obtaining sensitive data is by going through your trash.  When you place a piece of paper into your garbage can, it goes through several stages on its way to a landfill, leaving your records available for wandering eyes and hands.  

The basic information you need to make sure stays protected includes:

• Your Name
• Social Security Number
• Date of Birth
• Address
• Phone Number

​The aforementioned basic information is included in most:

• Tax information & returns
• Investment Records & Statements
• Bank Statements & cancelled checks
• Paycheck stubs
• ATM receipts
• Credit card statements
• Warranties
• Home financial information

Therefore, the best defense against those who are looking to steal your information is to shred your documents.
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R4 Services knows how important your security and overall well-being means to you and your loved ones.  Because of this, we have decided to expand our shredding services to residents. You can purchase a residential shredding bag online, and we will schedule a time to come and pick it up.

If you are interested in taking the next step in protecting yourself against identity theft, contact us at 773-843-3915 or order online

One key attribute to any solid relationship is trust.  Over time, trust builds between parties when the lines of communication stay open and when small actions speak louder than words.  At R4 Services, trust is the foundation of which we have built our business over the last 20+ years. Customers entrust us with destroying their confidential data and storing their highly sensitive materials. That’s the foundation that we’ve laid in order to build lasting relationships with our clients.

Here are four reasons why you should trust R4, too:

1. We are reliable. Being a dependable resource for file management, destruction, and shredding has always been one of R4’s most pertinent goals.  We take the time to discover the needs of our customers in order to develop a management plan.  Then, we follow-through with our client’s requests.  If you have an emergency, you can also always contact us at 888-SEE-FILE.  No matter what, we ready and here here to help!
2. We are resourceful.  We have been in business since 1993 and have been able to adapt to challenges of all types.  From the legal industry, to the corporate community, we work with all kinds of businesses, giving us a varied group of clientele.  Because of this diversity, we have to keep up with the latest trends in document destruction, uphold our core values, and provide finely tailored solutions for all customers.
3. We are responsive. An integral part of information management is being responsive to all parties, at all times. Thus, we want our customers to be able to access their information and files at anytime!  R4 customers can retrieve account information and records immediately via the web. Orders for deliveries and pick-ups can be phoned-in, faxed, emailed or requested via our website.  In addition, our rush delivery service will be at your door in under two hours.
4. We are reasonable. Document shredding, record management, and vault services shouldn’t have to cost your company an arm and a leg.  That’s why our pricing works within your budget.  In addition to the flexible programs we offer, you can be assured we will always offer the best in customer service and client satisfaction.
   
   When you work with R4, you can count on us to not only build trust, but maintain it! Want to learn more about what R4 Services can do for your company’s document shredding and file management needs?  Fill out our contact form here.

R4 Services is a leader in the field of information management, records storage and retention, and destruction services. It’s not a coincidence that companies of all sizes work with R4 Services. We differentiate to meet our clients’ needs regardless of their company size and make sure each customer knows how important they are to us.

Small businesses realize the ever increasing demands of accountability, data breach, and storage space without increasing overhead. Our small business clients work with us to determine an appropriate document destruction bin service that is customized to fit their need and the quantity of information they need to destroy. From invoices to employee information or client sensitive data, small business owners know they don’t want that information falling into the wrong hands. Similarly, many small businesses don’t want to increase their overhead by carving out space for a storage room within their office, nor do they want to transport records from home to office and back again. Instead, they turn to us in order to store their records for a set amount of time and we’ll even retrieve them when necessary.

Larger businesses have additional complexities that R4 Services can solve on their behalf. Think of all of the client, employee, and other paperwork that your business needs to hold onto just in case for a certain number of years. Does your building really have the storage capacity? Many large businesses partner with us because we have the room within our facilities to grow with you and keep up with the demands of your growing business. Our customized approach to business takes the document retention and storage worry off of your plate and into our facilities.

R4 Services works with sole proprietors and large scale Chicago-based companies (and everywhere in between). Our wealth of knowledge and experience allows us to stand out from our competitors. Plus, our customers know that we treat all of our customers as if they were part of our family. Come, be a part of our R4 family! Contact us today. ​

R4 Services LLC, has acquired Monster Shred, Inc. Champaign, Illinois, the destruction company will expand R4’s geographic reach and will add mobile shredding for their current document management clients. 

Trisha Rooney, CEO, R4 Services said that “in Champaign, DeKalb and Northern Illinois,  it will continue to service the destruction clients and grow the client base, while in Chicagoland area we will offer mobile shredding to our current clients and continue innovation in the fields of records management, document scanning and destruction services.”

R4 President Sean Rooney says “the company we have purchased has been a well run, profitable operation where the owner clearly recognized the value of a larger client base and market, like R4’s team member’s ability to expand their footprint and service offerings. We are firmly committed to the proper integration of the company into R4 Services to benefit all of the clients”

R4 serves 800 clients in the Illinois and Chicagoland area, providing a suite of records management services that includes records storage and document management, secure destruction and scanning services. R4 is a 23 year old majority women owned company and is committed to the document management industry’s growth and innovation.

Read more about R4 in a profile of the company that appeared in the Summer of 2014 issue of Storage and Destruction Business SDB Magazine or on our company’s website www.R4services.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter R4 Services.

R4 has three records centers located near the Chicago Central Business District with easy access to all major expressways and minutes into the Loop. All R4 facilities feature state-of-the art security and safety systems, as well as strict procedures to protect your company's information assets. The largest of the three facilities feature 250,000 square feet of storage on five acres of land and is constructed of concrete walls and floors with a full basement. Our second facility includes nearly 137,000 square feet and full basement. Our third and newest facility is a single story structure of 70,000 square feet and includes the same security and fire protection offered by our larger facilities including:

• 24/7/365 closed circuit, monitored surveillance system including infrared motion detectors and door contacts
• 24/7/365 monitored fire detection system that includes sprinkler pipes, sprinkler heads, control panels and fire pump
• Monitored door policy to control unauthorized access

Our climate-controlled vault adheres to strict fire resistant construction standards of the American National Standards Institute and the National Fire Protection Association. Designed to preserve and protect sensitive data and to provide secure video and film storage, the R4 vault is equipped with an independent HVAC system and is computer-monitored to maintain a temperature of 65 to 68 and relative humidity between 35% and 45%. Key pad entry, motion detectors, CCTV and an FM-200 fire suppression system offer state-of-the-art security and protection.

You're 23 years old and fresh out of college. What do you do? Take a year off to "figure things out?" Jump on the corporate bandwagon and get a job with a company in your field of expertise? Not if you're Trisha Rooney.

An entrepreneur at heart, her goal was to turn a real estate investment into a company she could call her own. The real estate included a warehouse located just south of the Loop in Chicago. With the purchase of the building came what would become her first records center customer. A Chicago law firm was renting space in the warehouse to store their legal files and retrieving files on their own as needed. Trisha offered to retrieve files for the attorneys if they would call ahead and she would have them ready for pickup. It wasn't long until she was delivering the files to the firm. A spark was ignited. Trisha began to ask her friends and family what they actually do with their records. After much research, determination and sheer hard work as a one-woman sales force, she persuaded other firms to give her a try. Soon, Trisha and R4 Services were in full swing. With its doors opening in 1993, R4 Services has grown from one young entrepreneur's aspiration into a company of over 35 employees and almost 1.2 million boxes in three record centers with over 500 customers.

At R4, a family has been created. Trisha attracted young, hardworking employees to join her team and nurtured an environment of loyalty. These single, hardworking post-college employees are now the mid-thirties moms, dads, husbands and wives that are still calling on customers, taking orders and delivering boxes.

The R4 family extends beyond its employees and includes Trisha's immediate family as well including her brother Sean, a Notre Dame graduate, who heads up R4's Destruction Services in Chicago Division.

The business has grown tremendously since it started in 1993. Today, you can still talk with a Rooney when you call and we are still committed to providing the best service by investing in the best technology and people. It's just how we do business.