SELECTSHRED | THE UNFOUNDED OBJECTIONS TO USING A THIRD PARTY SHREDDING SERVICE CONTINUES

We continue to hear “we are paperless”; “we use office shredders”; “we don’t shred much”; “we are a small office”; or “we can’t afford a shredding service.”

In all of those statements, there might be a tinge of truth but every business has the capacity to use a recurring shredding service. What is more likely is the fear of commitment to the possibility of entering a scary contract from which you cannot extricate your business or the fear that you will never be able to fill those containers. Have your shredding service representative thoroughly evaluate your needs. There is no one size fits all. There is no one price fits all. There is no one term fits all. All that is necessary is a thorough understanding of your needs and the willingness of both parties to make it work.

Sporadic shredding can sometimes seem suspicious—it is certainly fodder for many comedies and jokes. A recurring shredding service sends the message that you have a responsible organization that knows how to mitigate risk by acting responsibly to avoid security breaches, identity theft, and trade secret theft.

Are you really paperless? If you are regularly scanning your confidential documents, those documents should be secured and shredded as soon as possible by a NAID AAA Certified shredding company.

Will the office shredder suffice? The office shredder can never afford you the required legal documentation to show that you have a proper document security program in place and provide legal protection in case of an alleged or actual information security breach. What works is the regular use of an accredited shredding service and receiving a certificate of destruction.

What does “we don’t shred much” really mean? Take stock of how much confidential documents you are putting aside until you get around to calling a shredding company. If you are not required to keep that information, you need to secure it and destroy it in a timely manner.

Is your office really too small? No office is too small to have a shredding service because no office is too small to have an information security breach or to be fined for not complying with federal, state, and local regulations.

Can you really not afford a shredding service? A shredding service is less costly than using staff time to shred. More importantly, what you really can’t afford are fines, liability, lost productivity, and lost reputation.

Use a NAID AAA Certified on-site shredding company to destroy your confidential information.  Federal regulations (FACTA/HIPAA/GLBA) require businesses to safeguard, destroy, and discard responsibly all confidential information. Your NAID AAA Certified Company is your partner in helping you safeguard your confidential documents by having a system in place that can identify red flags, deter identity theft, mitigate proprietary information theft, protect your company from unnecessary legal action and avoid fines.

If you have questions regarding proper document security procedures, we are here to help you.

Richard Kinkead, Owner/President

Gloria Kinkead, Owner/Vice President

SelectShred, Inc.

(772) 463-3166

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