JP2004317875A - Personal information protection sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a personal information protection sheet for easily protecting personal information when scrapping a printed matter on which personal information is printed. <P>SOLUTION: In a sheet 10 to be used for a bill or the like of a credit card, a perforation line 16 is formed on the peripheral edge part of a protection area 15 and cutting lines 17 are formed in the protection area 15. After checking written contents, the perforation line 16 of the sheet 10 is cut off to separate the protection area 15 from a sheet body 11 and the protection area 15 separated from the sheet body 11 is cut off along the cutting lines 17 to divide the protection area 15 into thin oblong pieces 18. Consequently the sheet 10 can be scrapped in a state that reading of personal information such as address/name, etc. written in the protection area 15 is difficult. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a personal information protection sheet provided with a protection information writing area for writing personal information on a base material.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, the billing statement of a credit card has a description area in which the address and name of an individual as a destination are printed and a description area in which personal information such as a credit card membership number is printed. When the described paper is discarded, personal information may leak from the discarded garbage. In particular, recently, garbage separation has been actively promoted in all regions due to environmental problems, and as a result, transparent and translucent garbage bags are often used so that the contents of garbage bags can be seen from the outside to some extent. It has become so. For this reason, at a glance from the outside of the garbage bag, for example, the garbage disposal person can be easily identified from the destination of the mail, and what kind of mail arrives from where, and what kind of garbage is discarded And so on, so that it is not preferable from the viewpoint of discarding the garbage. In order to prevent such personal information from being easily understood, the garbage discarder may fold or shred it with a shredder, etc., so that the part displaying the address or name of the postal matter may not be visible. I had to.
In such a case, conventionally, if a label described in Patent Document 1 is used in a place where a destination is described, the label portion can be relatively easily finely cut.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-175175 A (FIGS. 1 and 4)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when the above-mentioned label is used, the label has to be attached to each of the places where the personal information is described on the sheet, and thus the work requires a great deal of labor. Further, when such a label is not used, the entire paper must be processed by a shredder or the like, which is troublesome.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a personal information protection sheet that can easily protect personal information when a printed matter on which personal information is printed is discarded. It is.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
As means for achieving the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a sheet provided with a protection information writing area for writing personal information, and the protection information writing area is provided on the periphery of the protection information writing area. The present invention is characterized in that a separation line for separating a writing area from another is provided.
[0007]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sheet having a protected information writing area for writing personal information, wherein the protected information writing area is provided with a shredding line for cutting the protected information writing area into a plurality of pieces. It has features where it is used.
[0008]
The invention according to claim 3 is a sheet provided with a protection information writing area for writing personal information, and a separation line for separating the protection information writing area from others at a peripheral portion of the protection information writing area. Is provided, and the protection information writing area is characterized in that a cut line for cutting the protection information writing area into a plurality of pieces is provided.
[0009]
The invention according to claim 4 is the device according to claim 3, wherein the separation line and the finely divided line are perforations formed by intermittently forming a plurality of cuts, and the separation line is a unit in the perforation. The feature is that the length of the cut per length is formed so as to be longer than the cut line.
[0010]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third or fourth aspect, the direction of insertion of the personal information protection paper into the printer or the direction of operation of the printer head that performs printing on the protection information description area. It is characterized in that it is formed in a direction forming an acute angle or an obtuse angle.
[0011]
Function and effect of the present invention
<Invention of claim 1>
The protected information area where personal information is written can be separated from the paper by a separation line, the separated protected information area can be sorted out from others, and only the protected information area can be discarded separately, such as by fine grinding. , Personal information can be easily protected.
[0012]
<Invention of Claim 2>
When discarding the protection information description area, if the personal information described in the protection information description area is fragmented to such an extent that it cannot be recognized, the protection information description area can be cut into a plurality of pieces with a cutting line. Fragmentation becomes easier.
Here, "the degree to which personal information cannot be recognized" means, for example, when the address and name described in the protection information description area are formed as a series of personal information, these addresses and name are Separation of the words by the cut lines may result in a form that does not hold as a series of personal information, the words described in the protected information description area may be divided into the characters constituting the words by the cut lines, or the characters themselves may be separated. This is a mode in which the word or character becomes indistinguishable due to the disconnection, so that the personal information described in the protected information description area cannot be recognized as personal information.
[0013]
<Invention of Claim 3>
Since the protection information description area in which personal information is described is separated from the paper by a separation line, the separated protection information description area can be separated from others, and the separated protection information description area can be cut into multiple pieces by shredding lines. In addition, the work of fragmenting personal information to such an extent that it cannot be recognized becomes easy. Therefore, it is possible to easily protect personal information.
[0014]
<Invention of Claim 4>
The separation line and the cut line are perforations formed by intermittently forming a plurality of cuts, and the separation line is formed such that the length of the cut per unit length at the perforation is longer than the cut line. The separation line is easier to cut than the shredded line. As a result, when separating the protection information writing area from the personal information protection paper, it is possible to prevent the fragmentation line from being cut off first and to prevent a part of the protection information writing area from remaining on the personal information protection paper. It is possible to reliably separate the region from the other parts.
[0015]
<Invention of claim 5>
Since the shredded line is formed in a direction that forms an acute angle or an obtuse angle with the direction of insertion into the printer or the direction of operation of the printer head, the edge of the shredded line in the protection information writing area when writing personal information using a printing device Part can be prevented from rolling up.
[0016]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
<First embodiment>
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, a personal information protection sheet (hereinafter, referred to as a “sheet”) 10 according to the present embodiment is used for a credit card statement or the like. Are described, and an advertisement or the like is described at the bottom. In the upper part of the seat body 11, the name, location, etc. of the credit card company of the billing source are described on the right side.
[0017]
On the left side of the upper part of the sheet body 11, there is provided a protection information description area (hereinafter referred to as "protection area") 15 in which an address such as a billing address and a name is described. In the case of mailing after being folded in three at the location indicated by, the protected area 15 on which the address is described is displayed from the transparent window (not shown) of the envelope, and can be used as the mailing address. ing.
[0018]
By the way, in the sheet 10 of the present embodiment, the separation line 16 is provided at the periphery of the protection area 15. The separation line 16 is a perforation in which a cut is formed intermittently by die cutting. By separating the separation line 16, the protection area 15 and the sheet body 11 can be separated.
[0019]
Further, in the present embodiment, the shredding lines 17 are provided in the protection area 15. The cut line 17 is a perforation formed so as to divide the protection area 15 into a plurality of small rectangular pieces 18, and the cut line is formed intermittently by die cutting similarly to the above-described separation line 16. It is a perforation.
In the present embodiment, when the protection area 15 is divided into fragments 18 by the shredding lines 17, the personal information described in the protection area 15 is divided to a degree that is difficult to recognize. Here, "the degree of difficulty in recognizing personal information" means, for example, the following two forms. First, in the case where the address and name described in the protection area 15 are formed together as a series of personal information, the address and the name are separated by a shredding line 17 so that a series of personal information is obtained. It is a form that does not hold as. The other is that the word described in the protected area 15 is divided into characters forming the word by the shredding line 17 or the character itself is divided by the shredding line 17 so that the word or the character is This is a mode in which the personal information described in the protected area 15 cannot be recognized as personal information as a result of being indistinguishable.
[0020]
In addition, in the present embodiment, when the perforations of the separation line 16 and the perforations of the shredded line 17 are compared, the perforation of the separation line 16 is such that the length of the cut per unit length is longer. Is formed. In particular, in the present embodiment, the separation line 16 is formed so as to connect the fragment 18 and the sheet body 11 at at least one place, whereas the shredding line 17 is formed so as to connect the fragments 18 at a plurality of places. Is formed. As a result, the separation line 16 is configured to be more easily separated than the shredder line 17, and the fragments 18 are connected at a plurality of locations. Therefore, when printing is performed by a printer or the like, the boundary between the fragments 18 is determined. It can be prevented from being turned up from the part.
[0021]
Next, a method of using the sheet 10 of the present embodiment will be described.
When issuing a usage statement, the credit card company first prints predetermined items on the sheet 10 using a printer or the like. Subsequently, the sheet 10 is folded along the dashed line in FIG. 1 so that the printing surface on which the address and name of the customer in the protection area 15 are described is located on the top surface, and is placed in an envelope and mailed to the customer.
Then, the customer receiving the sheet 10 takes it out of the envelope and checks the contents.
[0022]
Here, when the customer confirms the contents of the usage statement and discards the sheet 10, the sheet 10 is discarded as follows.
First, the protection line 15 is separated from the sheet main body 11 by breaking the separation line 16 of the sheet 10. At this time, the shredding line 17 is formed in the protection region 15, but the separation line 16 has a longer cut per unit length than the shredding line 17 so that it is easy to cut out. The protection area 15 can be reliably separated from the sheet body 11 by preventing the protection area 15 from being broken and remaining on the sheet body 11.
[0023]
Subsequently, the protection region 15 separated from the sheet main body 11 can be divided into fine rectangular pieces 18 by breaking the cut lines 17. Here, when the protection area 15 is divided by the shredding line 17, the address and the name are separated, the characters of the words constituting each are separated, or the characters themselves are separated, so that the protection area 15 is separated. The described personal information is divided to such an extent that it does not make sense as personal information. For this reason, it is possible to discard the personal information such as the address and name described in the protected area 15 in a state where it is difficult to read the personal information.
[0024]
As described above, according to the sheet 10 of the present embodiment, the protection area 15 can be separated from the sheet main body 11 by the separation line 16, so that only the protection area 15 can be separated from the other sheet main body 11 and discarded separately. Further, the protection area 15 can be finely crushed and discarded to such an extent that it cannot be recognized as personal information by separating the protection area 15 by a fine cut line 17 formed of perforations. Therefore, it is possible to easily protect personal information.
[0025]
<Second embodiment>
FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
In the present embodiment, the shape of the shredder line 17 provided in the protection area 15 is different from that of the first embodiment. The same reference numerals are given to the other similar components, and the duplicate description will be omitted.
In the present embodiment, the shredding line 17 is formed so as to extend in a direction forming an acute angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal direction of the sheet main body 11, and this is achieved by a printer (not shown) that performs printing on the sheet 10. The printing direction is at an acute angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the direction in which the sheet 10 is inserted with respect to the direction in which the sheet 10 is inserted. However, the direction is an acute angle of about 45 degrees.
According to such a configuration, when the sheet 10 is printed by the printer, the shredding line 17 is formed in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion into the printer and the direction of operation of the printer head. And the fragments 18 of the protection area 15 can be prevented from rolling up.
[0026]
<Third embodiment>
FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.
The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that each of the vertical and horizontal fine lines 17 passing through the center of the protection region 15 is provided. The same reference numerals are given to other similar components, and duplicate description will be omitted.
Even with such a configuration, the protection area 15 can be easily cut from the sheet body 11 and the cut line 17 can be used as a trigger when the cut protection area 15 is cut finely, so that personal information can be easily protected. Becomes possible.
[0027]
<Fourth embodiment>
FIG. 6 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that only the separation line 16 is formed at the peripheral edge of the protection region 15 and the shredding line 17 is omitted. The same reference numerals are given to other similar components, and duplicate description will be omitted.
According to such a configuration, the protection area 15 can be easily cut off from the sheet main body 11, so that the personal information can be easily protected by sorting and processing the other sheet main bodies 11 separately.
[0028]
<Other embodiments>
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, and furthermore, besides the following, within the scope not departing from the gist. Can be implemented with various modifications.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, the protection region 15 is provided only at the upper left position of the sheet 10. However, the protection region 15 may be provided at another position. For example, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a protection area 15 may be provided in the lower right part of the upper part of the sheet 10 so as to describe an account number or the like for withdrawal of a customer.
(2) In the above embodiment, the protection region 15 is provided in a part of the upper stage of the sheet 10, but may be provided in any of the upper, middle, and lower stages of the sheet 10. Further, the protection region 15 may be provided over most or the entire surface of the sheet body 11.
(3) The sheet 10 of the above embodiment is made of paper, but is not limited to this, and may be made of vinyl, for example.
(4) In the above embodiment, the separation line 16 or the finely cut line 17 is a normal perforation, but may be a micro perforation. Further, the separation line 16 or the shredding line 17 may be a line other than the perforation that allows easy separation, and may be, for example, a half cut line.
(5) In the above-described second embodiment, the finely cut lines are formed along a direction at about 45 degrees with respect to the direction of insertion into the printer or the direction of operation of the printer head. However, the present invention is not limited to this. What is necessary is just to be formed so as to extend in a direction making an acute angle or an obtuse angle with respect to the insertion direction or the operation direction of the printer head.
(6) In the above embodiment, each of the separation line 16 and the shredder line 17 is formed in a straight line. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and one or both of the separation line 16 and the shredder line 17 are curved. It may be formed in a shape.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a personal information protection sheet according to a first embodiment. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a protection information writing area. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state where the protection information writing area is separated and fragmented. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a protected information entry area according to the second embodiment. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a protection information entry area according to the third embodiment. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a protection information entry area according to the second embodiment. 7 is a plan view showing a case where a plurality of protection information entry areas are provided according to another embodiment. FIG. 8 is an enlarged view showing a case where a plurality of protection information entry areas are provided.
10 ... Personal information protection paper 15 ... Protection information writing area 16 ... Separation line 17 ... Shredding line

Claims (5)

A paper provided with a protected information writing area for writing personal information,
A personal information protection sheet, wherein a separation line is provided at a peripheral portion of the protection information writing area to separate the protection information writing area from others. A paper provided with a protected information writing area for writing personal information,
A personal information protection sheet, wherein a cut line for cutting the protection information writing area into a plurality of pieces is provided in the protection information writing area. A paper provided with a protected information writing area for writing personal information,
A separation line is provided at the periphery of the protection information writing area to separate the protection information writing area from the other, and the protection information writing area is cut into a plurality of pieces in the protection information writing area. Personal information protection paper, characterized in that it is provided with shredded lines. The separation line and the shredder line are perforations formed by intermittently forming a plurality of cuts, and the length of the cut per unit length of the separation line is longer than the shredder line. The personal information protection sheet according to claim 3, wherein the personal information protection sheet is formed as described above. The cut line is formed in a direction that forms an acute angle or an obtuse angle with respect to a direction in which the personal information protection paper is inserted into a printer or an operation direction of a printer head that performs printing on the protection information description area. The personal information protection sheet according to claim 3 or claim 4.

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