​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

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.