Georgia State Bill 475 was passed to insure all companies properly destroy any document that contains individuals’ private information. Specifically, section 10-15-2 states: A business may not discard a record containing personal information unless it: Shreds the customer´s record before discarding the record; Erases the personal information contained in the customer´s record before discarding the record; Modifies the customer´s record to make the personal information unreadable before discarding the record; or Takes actions that it reasonably believes will ensure that no unauthorized person will have access to the personal information contained in the customer´s record for the period between the record´s disposal and the record´s destruction. In addition to Georgia’s law, the following Federal Laws also require businesses to properly destroy any document containing personal information. FACTA The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 also known as the FACT Act was signed into law on December 4, 2003. The Act amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). The Act contains a number of provisions intended to combat identity theft and consumer fraud and related crimes. Specifically, the act requires the destruction of PAPERS CONTAINING CONSUMER INFORMATION. Virtually every business or organization is bound by this law.