§ 6-52-2 — § 6-52-2. Safe destruction of documents.

Rhode Island § 6-52-2

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 6: Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions
• Ch. 6-52: Safe Destruction of Documents Containing Personal Information

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§ 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.

Legislative History

P.L. 2009, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 285, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 39.