Georgia § 10-15-2 - Disposal of business records containing personal information.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 10-15-2 — Disposal of business records containing personal information., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 10-15-2. Disposal of business records containing personal information.
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. (Code 1981, § 10-15-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 551, § 8; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 11/SB 148.) Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 11/SB 148, effective July 1, 2015, reenacted this Code section without change. Law reviews. - For article, "The Growing Threat of Identity Theft and Its Implications for Employers," see 11 Ga. St. B. J. 27 (2006).
Source: official Georgia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10-15-2 ("Disposal of business records containing personal information.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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