Better Business Bureau serving Eastern North Carolina announces today its spring “Secure Your ID” Day event will take place at two locations in Raleigh on Saturday, April 18, 2015. It will include document shredding, collection of computers and hard-drives for secure destruction, electric/electronics recycling and identity protection tips. The Raleigh shred event will be from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the parking lot of Coastal Federal Credit Union located at 1000 St. Albans Drive and Lafayette Village located at 8480 Honeycutt Road.

The 2015 Identity Fraud Report by Javelin Strategy & Research, states that in 2014, 12.7 million consumers experienced identity fraud, with one incident of identity theft occurring every two seconds.

“Shredding paper documents and safely disposing of used computers and mobile devices are key ways to protect an individual’s identity,” says Toby Barfield, president and CEO of BBB serving Eastern North Carolina. “Our free shred event is the perfect opportunity to safely dispose of both paper documents and electronics.”

During the event, local partners ProShred, A Shred Ahead and GEEP will be on site. Individuals are encouraged to bring up to three boxes/bags of documents that have been removed from binders, and up to five electric/electronic devices. Accepted items are computers, cell phones, tablets, TVs, printers, fax machines, vacuums, DVD/CD players, microwaves and toasters.

To date, the semi-annual “Secure Your ID” Day events have safely destroyed more than 250,000 lbs. of sensitive documents and 65,000 lbs. of electronics. Additional event information is available at www.bbbshred.org.

This is the 14th consecutive “Secure Your ID” Day the Coastal Federal Credit Union has sponsored. Lafayette Village has been serving as a sponsor since October 2013.