Every business and household has confidential information. The day to day functions of any business will produce a surprising amount of information that could be used against the business by it’s competitors. This list includes; Internal Memos, Drafts of Documents, Quotes, Financial Printouts, Meeting Notes, Employee Records, Pay Stubs, etc.
An estimated $100 billion a year is lost to information thieves! Did you know that there is NO LAW against Dumpster Diving. After your business has disposed of it’s documents, it has no claim to it’s privacy.
Unfortunately, one of the weaknesses of any business is disgruntled employees. Countless new businesses are started by customer lists from an existing business. An easily implemented security plan is the only way to ensure that an upset employee will not make a mistake that they and/or your business could regret for a long time. Put one of our locked bins in your office and this problem is easily solved.
It’s the Law
More and more the government is getting involved with protecting individuals from information misuse. This is putting the burden on businesses and private individuals to protect the documents and information they are charged with. Read more about the laws that govern information privacy and who is responsible by clicking here.
HIPAA
In 1996, Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act . Any business that is responsible for keeping any medical records or transferring medical information must be familiar with this law.
More Profits
What is more economical for your business? Paying a trusted employee to separate, remove paperclips and staples and sort card stock from paper, then having them stand over a paper shredder sometimes for hours to shred documents and then clean up the mess?
OR You Could…
Have us install a locked bin of a size that suits your needs and call us or just have us stop by and empty it on a schedule.
We can shred in minutes the same amount of material that it would take an employee 8 hours to do by hand. With our equipment, there is no need to separate staples and card stock, so no one is looking through the material that is being shredded.
Recycle – Save the Earth
When you pay an employee to shred documents what is done with the waste? Most likely it is put into the trash. We recycle all of our waste materials.
Here are 5 reasons why every workplace should partner with a document destruction expert.
1. Information Security – Outsourcing to a reliable document destruction company with a secure chain of custody safeguards sensitive information and reduces the risk of a data breach. The company should provide locked consoles for the workplace, secure removal of contents, on site shredding with a cross cut shredder and a Certificate of Destruction after every shred.
2. Compliance – Privacy laws make it a legal responsibility to properly manage all sensitive information, with penalties and fines for businesses that don’t.
3. Cost Effectiveness – Not having to purchase a shredding machine and endure regular maintenance fees and other unforeseen costs saves money. Plus, while the professional shredding partner handles secure disposal, your employees can concentrate on their jobs.
4. Convenience – Leaving the regular disposal and destruction of confidential documents to the experts is convenient. Consider a shred-all policy so all documents that are no longer needed are securely destroyed.
5. One stop shop – Many document destruction companies provide e-media and hard drive destruction services too. Physical destruction is the best way to secure and destroy data on hard drives.
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