What Exactly Gets Recycled when you Recycle Your Computer?
As electronics play an increasingly important role in our lives, electronic waste is growing. Effective management is the key to a sustainable future, and recycling is the best option for keeping toxic electronics out of landfill. So, what inside those machines is reusable?
A lot. Recyclable and reusable [...]
When you recycle your electronics, you already know that you’re helping the environment. But you’re doing more too: You’re contributing to the growth of a young industry that is creating jobs all over the country at a fast pace.
In October 2011, International Data Corporation (IDC), a reputable global IT and consumer technology market research and [...]
For this lengthy section of the law, we’ll provide here a simplified primer on all subparts, boiling them down to points we believe will be most useful to you.
Principles for Achieving Compliance
This subpart says to cooperate with the Secretary of HHS in embarking on compliance and assist them. That’s about it.
Complaints to the Secretary
A patient [...]
HIPAA impacts state laws covering patient record security by preempting these laws in some cases. In others, existing state laws interact with HIPAA by applying where HIPAA may not specifically reach. Where there are questions about these interactions, RDS recommends seeking legal counsel to ensure compliance.
The General Rule of HIPAA as it Interacts with State [...]
On Wednesday September 7, Frank will be representing RDS at the Main Street Chamber Expo! The Chamber is a national organization of small businesses that become members for networking (and therefore growth) benefits, as well as information about the latest news in business.
Frank will be there, educating hundreds of other local small businesses about RDS’s [...]
A wide range of regulations apply to data security in this country today, and new ones are even now in the works as our government recognizes the increasing urgency of protecting records within business. The burden of responsibility for understanding and applying data security law rests on companies’ shoulders, so it’s up to us to [...]
When RDS President and CEO Frank Gustafson watched a TV exposé on e-waste, he couldn’t believe what he saw: toxic towns and residential areas made unfit for, well, residence, by the mass importation of junk e-waste in developing nations.
His response? Opening RenovoData Services, our local resource for computer recycling and permanent data destruction in Edina.
After [...]
Join RenovoData Services in Edina between noon and 7 pm this Friday, August 12, as we cohost a celebration of summer with our friends and neighbors. Bring your kids, bring your dogs, bring your car and even your dancing shoes.
There will be dance lessons and performances, prize drawings, food for sale prepared by Backstreet Kitchen, [...]
While it may sound costly to bring green initiatives into your business, we’ve been seeing evidence to the contrary. And we have some simple recommendations that could trim expenses and raise productivity, rather than presenting the cost burden you might expect. Check them out:
1) Telework
Work flexibility may well be the future of the workplace, with [...]
The presence of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in health care and its impact on associated industries are nothing new. But as hacks are increasing in frequency, the need for compliance is more important than ever in businesses whose user data is protected under HIPAA.
“Covered entities,” as these businesses are called, are [...]
