Paper Shredding News
In-House Office Shredders Cost More Than You May Realize
When it comes to paper shredding, don’t rely on DIY methods & in-house office shredders. Purchasing in-house office shredders may seem like a wise investment, but the reality is that office shredders will cost a lot more in time, overhead expenses, and security, which is a lot more than the original price tag. Here’s why…
Read MoreDangers of Identity Theft From Within the Home
Home is supposed to be our safe space, but identity theft can happen where we hang our hat. While identity thieves are becoming more sophisticated, methods of stealing personal identification through traditional property crimes are still a concern. This includes burglary and even theft by those you invite into your home. Is your home an…
Read MoreData Retention 101: What to Keep, What to Delete
Data retention isn’t about keeping all of your data. It’s knowing what to keep and what to delete permanently. Whether you’re a small business or a corporate enterprise, developing a data retention policy is crucial for cost management, liability, and keeping processes running smoothly. When it comes to electronic data, exactly how much are you…
Read MoreHomeowners: Know When to Hire a Shredding Company
Need to clean up your personal documents? Don’t just throw them in the trash. Here’s why homeowners should rely on professional mobile shredding services! Homeowners need to shred sensitive documents for the same reasons businesses do: to protect identity and sensitive information by way of document destruction, rendering information useless. Think about it this way:…
Read MoreHave a Home Business? Don’t Discount Document Security
Home-based businesses need a document security plan in place. Here’s how to start. When it comes to safeguarding document security, the challenge for home-based businesses is there are aren’t enough processes to mitigate risk while generating, using, and sharing documents. It is up to the home-based business professional to create, secure, and implement a document…
Read MoreHave Hard Drives To Get Rid Of? Here’s How To Do It Safely
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, “Destruction of media is the ultimate form of sanitization.” Most of the standards that exist to erase a hard drive mention several ways to physically destroy one including disintegration, grinding, pulverization, incineration, melting, and of course, shredding. This month, Legal Shred is looking at the benefits…
Read MoreShredding Different Types of Media
Want to protect your identity beyond the paper trail? Here’s how you can do it. While document destruction can help you maintain your reputation and preserve your identity, whether it’s business or personal, shredding isn’t exclusive to just paper. Your identity can be spread far and wide on a variety of different media, from hard…
Read MoreProtect Your Identity: Prevent yourself from becoming an identity theft statistic through prevention, not luck.
Protecting your identity isn’t so much about luck as it is diligence. Perhaps you’re one of the fortunate consumers or businesses that has never had to deal with identity theft, but don’t think for a minute that it’s because of luck. Identity protection isn’t something you want to gamble with, and the reasons go far…
Read MoreRoutine Document Destruction Is a Reputation Saver
Want to keep your reputation intact? Consider routine document destruction. As Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” For businesses, maintaining your reputation isn’t just about good customer service or an excellent marketing campaign. A good reputation is built by how you secure yours…
Read MoreAnalog Theft Still Big for Identity-related Crimes
Think digital is only the culprit for identity theft? Think again. Identity theft is usually associated with digital media – credit card fraud from card skimmers, electronic data breaches, stolen thumb drives, and phishing email scams seem to be the main culprits. According to a recent analysis, it’s analog files we need to be concerned…
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