Hard Drive Destruction
Cybersecurity 101: Protecting Your Identity Online
Cybersecurity 101: Follow these tips to keep your computer’s security tight. Cybersecurity is crucial to identity protection, and as the identity protection company, we at Legal Shred want to remind our customers to engage in safe online practices, in addition to protecting themselves offline. The Internet is a wonderful tool; research is right at our…
Read MoreLegal Shred Is Certified By the Mobile Shredding Association. What Does That Mean?
Legal Shred is certified by the MSA, and here’s what that means for you. You might see and hear about the Mobile Shredding Association (MSA) when working with a document destruction company, and while you may not be familiar with what the MSA is or what the organization does, it’s actually a crucial part of…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Electronics Recycling
What does one do with the old electronics, and what exactly happens to them once you send them off to be recycled? You’ve just upgraded or received the newest gadget for the holidays, or perhaps your office has replaced a few outdated computers. Technology moves fast, and with prices dropping on many electronics, getting new…
Read MoreNew Year, New Vendors: Selecting the Right Shredding Company for Your Business
How can you find out which document destruction specialist will offer the most reliable, secure, and exceptional service in the new year? Look no further than Legal Shred. As you prepare to start the new year, it’s time to look at your list of vendors and service providers to not only keep your budget in…
Read MoreAvoid Healthcare Data Breaches: Shred Sensitive Documents
Paper shredding in the healthcare sector is one of the most cost-effective and trusted ways to avoid healthcare data breaches. Medical records are huge data resources that would be an identity thief’s dream come true, which is why Legal Shred helps healthcare facilities safely destroy patient information when it’s time to discard old medical files.…
Read MoreThe Biggest Reasons to Be Thankful For Document Destruction
Modern paper shredding and document destruction is a process to be thankful for. Here’s why… We’ve come a long way since the inception of the first paper shredder, and despite it’s rather peculiar and tarnished history, modern paper shredding and document destruction is a process to be thankful for. Without commercial paper shredding, businesses and…
Read MoreThe Facts About Solid State Hard Drive Destruction
How do you destroy solid state hard drives? Through shredding, of course. Companies who amass a lot of data most likely rely on solid state hard drives, or SSDs, for data storage, which are vastly different than traditional hard drives. There are no moving parts inside an SSD. Rather than using disks and read/write heads,…
Read MoreTop 5 Reasons to Hate Your Office Shredder
How much time is wasted on in-house document destruction? Save time and money when Legal Shred handles your paper shredding services. Shredding sensitive information is a job best left to the professionals. While an in-house office shredder may seem like a wise investment, the truth of the matter is, office shredders aren’t as efficient as…
Read MoreIndustries We Serve: Financial Institutions
Financial Institutions, Shredding & GLBA: Legal Shred helps financial institutions to meet and exceed GLBA regulations. Financial companies, including banks, investment firms, accounting offices and even merchant services are hot targets for hackers and data thieves just because of very nature of what they deal with: money, and lots of it. This money belongs to…
Read MoreIndustries We Serve: Healthcare
For the healthcare industry, paper shredding is critical. Discover how Legal Shred provides a solution for HIPAA shredding requirements. Every organization, in all industries, of all sizes, in all locations, needs to look at the information they have, identify all types and forms of personal and/or sensitive information, and then establish reasonable procedures to appropriately…
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