Patent ID: 7740292

Claim:
A tampering and data security kit for a shipping container door and shipment, said kit comprising: a mechanical security seal for sealingly secure said container door, said security seal including a metallic pin and a lock receptacle for receiving said pin, said seal further including an unalterable visible unique identifier; a tamper proof adhesive label including at least one tamper-evident feature and including a visual depiction of said mechanical security seal printed thereon to associate said tampering proof adhesive label to said mechanical security seal, said visual depiction including said unique identifier, wherein said sealing security adhesive label is provided for attachment to the shipping container door such that the sealing security adhesive label spans an opening between the shipping container door and an adjacent surface which would cause at least one of fracturing and tearing of the tamper proof security adhesive label when the door is opened; an identification adhesive label including a visual depiction of said mechanical security seal printed thereon, said visual depiction including said unique identifier, wherein said identification adhesive label is provided for attachment to a shipping document associated with the shipment being protected by the mechanical security seal; said association between said security seal, said tamper proof label and said identification label provides the user proof of unauthorized tampering of the shipping container door and contents of the container; and wherein said visual depiction and said unique identifier can be stored as a digital image file using an electronic memory device electronically connected with a data processing device.