NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION DESTRUCTION AAA CERTIFIED

The mark consists of a white background with two black circles, one inside the other, and the words "NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION DESTRUCTION" around the circumference and between the two circles; the black letters "AAA" in the upper half of the inner circle, with the middle "A" taller than the other two and reaching up to the inner circle; a black bar with the word "CERTIFIED" in white letters inside the bar, which is slightly below the center of the circles; in the lower half of the circles, and extending through an opening in the bottom of the circles, a black rectangle whose shorter bottom edge has seven varied-length strips with one or two small rectangles under each strip, and a black triangle, above and to the right of the rectangle, with a bar parallel to the top of the rectangle extending from the left side of the triangle to the middle of the top of the rectangle, and the right side of the triangle is parallel to the long side of the rectangle.

Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.

THE CERTIFIER CERTIFIES THAT THE APPROVED COMPANIES PROVIDE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT MEET CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION RELATED TO THE PERMANENT DISPOSAL OF PAPER DOCUMENTS, ELECTRONIC DATA, AND DATA RECORDED OR CAPTURED IN OTHER MEDIA. THE CERTIFICATION MARK CAN ONLY BE USED BY APPROVED COMPANIES TO INDICATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS, GUIDELINES, RULES, PROCEDURES, AND REGULATIONS SET FORTH BY GOVERNMENT, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRY SERVICE AND PRODUCT PROVIDERS, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AFTER THE APPROVED COMPANIES HAVE BEEN AUDITED, EVALUATED, AND APPROVED BY THE MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION. THE CERTIFICATION MARK, AS USED BY AUTHORIZED COMPANIES, CERTIFIES THAT THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS PROVIDED BY THE COMPANIES DISPLAYING THE MARK MEET THE OPERATING STANDARDS AND TESTS OF PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES RELATED TO SAFETY, THOROUGHNESS, CONFIDENTIALITY, COMPETENCY, SKILL, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND REQUIRE THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES ADHERE TO THESE STANDARDS. THE OPERATING STANDARDS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE AUTHORIZING MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION BASED ON LAWS, REGULATIONS, STANDARDS, AND BEST PRACTICES ESTABLISHED BY GOVERNMENT, PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUAL SERVICE AND PRODUCT PROVIDERS, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.