What is Document Shredding?
Document shredding is a way to safeguard business information and customer confidentiality with the appropriate destruction of obsolete records. It is imperative that companies take every safety measure to guard individuals personal and/or company trade documents that are regularly collected in order to conduct business. The careless disposal of information renders customers to the risk of identity theft and other fraud. Theft, vandalism and industrial espionage are becoming escalating security problems and it is in a businesses best interest to take a proactive step to protect sensitive information. The size of the company and the amount of sensitive material that is handled will dictate how each business should destroy documents. Document shredding can be as simple as running paper through a personal shredder; however for large businesses this may not be time or cost effective. There are specific companies that specialize in the destruction of sensitive material and a business may ne