Is your shredding company charging you a surcharge? In their August 2019 earnings report, Stericycle/Shred-it has announced they would be adding another surcharge to their customers in order to offset the recent downturn in the value of selling the shredded paper. Be sure to check your bills and make sure your document shredding company isn’t […]
READ MOREIt seems that almost daily the news has stories about private information being stolen. Your business needs to be knowledgeable about protecting confidential information. All industries and any size business should know how to save guard data and when necessary securely dispose of information. Here are some common errors firms make with protecting confidential information: […]
READ MOREDocument destruction is necessary to protect your private information and it is also required by law for businesses, organizations, and healthcare providers that work with private information. These entities are required to keep client, patient, and employee information secure and maintain a record of how documents with this information have been destroyed. At any time […]
READ MOREIt takes a lot more than just owning a shredding truck to be an excellent document destruction service. There are some very simple yet critical components of providing quality information destruction. We have broken them down here to assist you with finding a company that will not only destroy your confidential papers but do it […]
READ MOREDisposing of your paper records with a recycling company does not mean your private information is being handled and destroyed in a secure and compliant manner. The only way to destroy confidential files is to shred them. A professional document destruction service does recycle all of the paper they shred but they are securely destroyed […]
READ MOREWhen creating your firms document destruction policy, one of the most important considerations is which shredding company you are going to use. For any industry, document destruction is all about the prevention of a data breach and the protection of the private information breaches of your business, customers and employees. The shredding company you […]
READ MOREEvery business and organization needs to be aware that old hard drives and computer backup tapes are a significant threat to a data breach because they store a tremendous amount of confidential information that corporate espionage spies and identity thieves, know how to access. Regardless of whether the hard drives or tapes are no longer […]
READ MORETo protect yourself and your company from the perils of any type of identity theft, always hire a professional document shredding service to destroy all your confidential records and files when it is time to dispose of them. They can help you put together an information destruction program that meets your needs. What is Medical […]
READ MOREWhat happens after a professional document destruction company shreds your files? You’ve hired a shredding service to destroy your confidential records because it is secure and convenient, but if you’ve never thought about it before, you may wonder; what happens with your destroyed files when the company leaves? Your Shredded Documents Are Recycled! What does […]
READ MOREA document retention and destruction policy identifies the type of files your company has, how long you need to keep them, and how to properly destroy them when they have reached the end of their retention period. The policy should be in writing and provided to every employee. File’s End of Life Cycle When a document […]
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