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Rhode Island General Laws Title 6. Commercial Law--General Regulatory Provisions § 6-52-2. Safe destruction of documents

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

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.

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