Secure Disposal of Customer Information (314.4(c)(6))

The FTC's "Secure Disposal of Customer Information" rule (314.4(c)(6)) obligates businesses to destroy or render unreadable any consumer personal information they no longer need for business purposes, using reasonable methods such as shredding, burning, pulverizing, or secure erasure of electronic files, and to maintain policies that ensure disposal is performed promptly and safely.