What documents should be destroyed?
The types of business documents and data you should shred include:
• anything that contains social security numbers
• credit card information
• receipts containing personal information
• personal records
• applications for employment
• medical and patient records
• financial, tax and payroll records
• contracts and legal records
• account numbers
• any documents containing a signature
• confidential letters and memos
• research and development documentation
• bids, proposals, budgets and sales reports
• bank statements and canceled checks
Why destroy your data and documents?
Business are legally required to destroy much of their sensitive customer data, including medical records or anything containing a social security number. Many other documents should be destroyed to protect confidentiality for your business, employees and customers.
Click here for the State of Connecticut Act Concerning the Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers
Click here for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Why not shred your own documents in-house?
EnviroShred will destroy your data more efficiently, more thoroughly, more securely and at a lower final cost to you.
• Using your valued employees to operate a small, inefficient shredding device is a waste of resources.
• In-house shredding does not handle large volumes effectively, so employees may be tempted to not shred all the documents they should or to circumvent security procedures.
• Using your own employees means your payroll and other sensitive information is easily compromised.
