What to Shred

What to Shred – Secure Document Shredding
Every business produces proprietary information that requires shredding once its usefulness has expired. In fact, companies are legally bound to destroy confidential documents related to their employees or clients.

In order to mitigate risk, secure papers and documents on the personal, corporate, and client levels should be destroyed on a regular schedule, as soon as it has outlived its usefulness. No matter what type of data your business generates—the information you choose to protect when in use should also be protected when you discard it!

Personal Information Files and Records Client Data Non-Paper Items
Addresses Account Records Business Plans Binders
ATM receipts Audits Cancelled Checks Books
Bank account information Bank Statements Computer Reports Carbon Paper
Brokerage Account Information Competitive Information Credit Card Numers CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/DVDs
Cancelled & Voided Checks Computer Records Executive Correspondence Computer Backups
Credit & Debit Card Numbers Contracts New Product Information Excessive Inventory
Credit Reports and Histories Correspondence Obsolete Collateral Microfiche
Drivers’ License Numbers Diligence Files Photographs X-Rays
Employee Pay Stubs Fax Machine Ribbons Presentations Videotapes
Employment Records Financial Records Price/Inventory Lists Cassette Tapes
Passport numbers Insurance Records Proposals and Quotes Casino Chips
Resumes Intellectual Property Records Proprietary Documents Obsolete Products or Material
Social Security Numbers Internal Memos Receipts/Invoices Product Samples
Telephone Numbers Invoices R&S Files/Data Product Samples
Tax Forms Legal Documents Prototypes
Travel Itineraries Market Research Plastic
Used Airline Tickets Marketing Material Microfilm
Obsolete Contracts Transparencies
Official Notices Obsolete Products or Material
Payroll Records Other office material
Personnel Files
Personnel Files
Phone Records
Planning Documents
Price Lists
Purchase Receipts
Sales Forecasts
Tax Records
Training Information