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SELECTSHRED—WHAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN BURNING CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
All across the Treasure Coast and Palm Beach—from Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Palm City, Jensen Beach, Rio, Hobe Sound, Port Salerno, Sewall’s Point, Jupiter, North Palm Beach, Jupiter Island, West Palm Beach, and Palm Beach Gardens—people have said “we burn our confidential documents.” To name a few, lawyers, doctors, realtors and real estate appraisers have said it. They say that they don’t shred much and try to make an event of burning their sensitive information as they sit by the fireplace with a glass of wine or have a bonfire in the yard.
Thankfully, we have encountered those who have tried this practice of document destruction and finally gave up and sought the help of a shredding service. They have realized that with burning, part of the paper is not burned—leaving white paper with legible print, and part of the paper is scorched—leaving darkened paper with legible print. For the process to be complete, everything must be reduced to ashes. That’s right, burn and burn again…and again. Do you really have that much time or do you ever want to have that much time on your hands?
Burning, like the office shredder, is time-consuming and inefficient. Although burning is considered as an acceptable form of document destruction, does it really afford you the legal protection that you would need in the event of an alleged information security breach? Does the solo burn event or group burn event with friends and family provide you with a Certificate of Destruction for your record? Some would have you believe that a shredding company is too expensive for getting rid of confidential documents on a regular or one-time basis. However, a NAID AAA certified company provides a secure, economical and convenient service that provides you with the necessary compliance for federal regulations such as HIPAA, FACTA, and GLBA.
Before you contemplate your next burn event, call your local shredding service and see how efficiently and effectively this service can do the job. Let’s think division of labor—you generate the paper and let the professionals shred it. Instead, you can have that wine beside the fireplace or the fire pit in the yard to celebrate that your sensitive information is all gone and you have proof (Certificate of Destruction). You are also helping the environment because all of your shredded material will be recycled to be reused in the form of new paper products.
As we like to say—Protecting People and Preserving the Environment—think about that before you start your next fire. Reach out to your local shredding company and find out how easy it can make the document destruction process for commercial and residential customers.
Richard & Gloria Kinkead
SelectShred, Inc.
T: (772) 463-3166
