One Time Shredding
Why should you shred old documents and records?
Ensuring the secure and timely disposal of sensitive documents is crucial to protecting confidentiality and preventing data breaches. Professional one-time shredding services offer a reliable and efficient solution for individuals and businesses alike to purge records, providing unmatched data security and convenience for time-sensitive disposal needs.
Scheduled Shredding
Recurring shredding services ensure a high level of data security by regularly disposing of sensitive documents directly using secure containers serviced at your location. This process involves a well-organized series of steps to safeguard your confidentiality consistently.
Hard Drive & Microfiche Destruction
Shredding hard drives, microfilm, and other types of archival storage devices should be performed to prevent data from being accessed by others.
Should you have a shred-it all policy at your college or business?
Some organizations elect to employ a policy that only requires certain types of documents to be shredded. This can reduce costs when you pay for shredding services by the pound, but it leaves a lot of room for human error.
A more secure and effective type of shredding procedure is a shred-all policy. Under this type of policy, every document is shredded when it expires, no matter what. This saves time, is stress free, and eliminates the risk of sensitive documents accidentally being thrown in the trash where they are vulnerable to exposure.
Shredding promotes sustainability
Shredding promotes sustainability. A sustainability policy is a must in today's world. It reduces impact on the environment and local communities. It can also help a business meet its legal and social obligations.
PACE Shredding sorts paper documents into different quality grades for the highest and best recycling processes. We recycle 100% of the materials we shred while maintaining complete security in handling from start to pulping of the materials to make other paper products.
What should I shred?
A general rule is to shred anything with personal information on it. Some guidelines to follow would be to include anything that has at least one of the following:
- Name
- Address
- Phone Number
- Social Security Number
- Bank Account Information
This could include everything from ATM receipts, credit card offers, used airline tickets, medical bills, utility bills, bank statements, resumes, and much more.
Compliance with Privacy Regulations
Businesses have several regulations requiring them to keep confidential records and information private. This includes HIPAA, FACTA, and FERPA but there are many other laws that govern privacy and handling information depending on your location.
GLBA
In 1999, the U.S. government signed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). This law protects consumer privacy and applies to any financial institution that collects, uses, or discloses personal information. Financial institutions must take the following steps to protect individuals’ privacy:
- Explain information-sharing practices to customers and allow them to opt out of having their data shared with third parties.
- Follow established guidelines for how financial institutions can collect, use, and protect customer data. The law applies to all types of consumer data, including information collected online.
- Develop and implement a written information security program to protect customer data from unauthorized access.
HIPAA
The major goal of the Privacy Rule is to assure that individuals’ health information is properly protected while allowing the flow of health information needed to provide and promote high quality health care and to protect the public's health and well being.