SELECTSHRED | IS YOUR DOCUMENT DISPOSAL PROCESS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN? – PORT SAINT LUCIE SHREDDING FORT PIERCE SHREDDING INDIANTOWN SHREDDING STUART SHREDDING PALM CITY SHREDDING OKEECHOBEE SHREDDING HOBE SOUND SHREDDING
Accidents happen but don’t let your document disposal process be an accident waiting to happen. We always advocate that you should shred first and then recycle. Recycling without first shredding your paper documents is not the most secure method for disposing of confidential information. Recycling whole paper can cause your business to be vulnerable to the liabilities and penalties from information security breaches.
Shredding is the most common acceptable method of confidential document destruction and is considered as taking reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of information when it is disposed of. Don’t let sensitive information accidentally get into the wrong hands. Paper documents sent for recycling are often manually sorted in usable and intact form, rendering the confidential information vulnerable to misuse. Recycling also provides no documentation that confidential information has been securely destroyed. Recycling without shredding by a third party presents the same vulnerabilities as putting confidential information in the trash.
The practice of using recycling as a method of discarding information will not provide appropriate legal protection in case of an information security breach. Recycling alone will not provide a certificate of destruction. However, an on-site third party shredding service will provide a certificate of destruction, prove that a business took all reasonable measures to avoid an information security breach, and provide appropriate legal protection. Also, remember you are still green when you shred first with a reputable, responsible mobile shredding service because all shredded materials are recycled into new paper products.
Shredding with a third party service such as a NAID AAA Certified company that destroys the confidential documents at your location is your best guarantee to fight identity theft, safeguard confidential information, and protect your company’s proprietary information.
Click on the following link to see one of the vulnerabilities of recycling without shredding first with a secure mobile/on site document shredding service. http://wgntv.com/2014/06/03/sb-dan-ryan-shutdown-at-95th-due-to-crash-involving-bus-semi/
Richard Kinkead, Owner/President
Gloria Kinkead, Owner/Vice President
SelectShred, Inc.
T: (772) 463-3166
