Rhode Island General Laws 6-52-2. Safe destruction of documents
A business shall take reasonable steps to destroy or arrange for the destruction of a customer‘s personal information within its custody and control that is no longer to be retained by the business by shredding, erasing, or otherwise destroying and/or modifying the personal information in those records to make it unreadable or indecipherable through any means for the purpose of:
(1) Ensuring the security and confidentiality of customer personal information;
(2) Protecting against any reasonably foreseeable threats or hazards to the security or integrity of customer personal information; and
(3) Protecting against unauthorized access to, or use of, customer personal information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 285, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 39.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 6-52-2
- Business: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, or other group, however organized and whether or not organized to operate at a profit, including a financial institution organized, chartered, or holding a license or authorization certificate under the laws of this state or any other state, or the parent, affiliate, or subsidiary of a financial institution. See Rhode Island General Laws 6-52-1
- Customer: means an individual who provides personal information to a business for the purpose of purchasing or leasing a product or obtaining a service from the business or whose personal information has been provided to another business from that business. See Rhode Island General Laws 6-52-1
- Personal information: means the following information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with a particular individual: his or her signature; social security number; physical characteristics or description; passport number; driver's license or state identification card number; insurance policy number; bank account number; credit card number; debit card number; any other financial information or confidential health care information, including all information relating to a patient's health care history; diagnosis condition; treatment; or evaluation obtained from a health care provider who has treated the patient which explicitly or by implication identifies a particular patient. See Rhode Island General Laws 6-52-1