Every business should make securing their sensitive documents a priority. It really does not matter if you are a small business or a large corporate enterprise, making sure your confidential waste never falls into the hands of fraudsters is vital to protecting the business. One of the main ways a criminal can get their hands on business documents is to search through their trash. To prevent document theft confidential waste services is essential. Below is a list on what confidential waste services can do for your business:
Comply with Privacy Laws
Governments in most countries, including Canada and the United States, have enacted laws to protect businesses and consumers from fraud and identity theft. These outline how a business must secure and dispose of their confidential waste. If a business fails to comply, the result can be severe penalties and fines. It also leaves the business open to lawsuits. The security process implemented by confidential waste services ensures that a business meets and exceeds government privacy laws. You also receive a Certificate of Documentation once the shredding process is complete, which is legal proof that you have complied with privacy laws.
Identity Theft Prevention
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing white collar crimes. Criminals are seeking any document that contains financial and personal information that they can use to commit identity theft. When you hire a confidential waste service, you will stop criminals from getting a hold of such sensitive documents as: bank statements, business operation and project information, employee personal information, customer and client banking information, business partner financial information, and any other information on documents that can be used to commit fraud. Their shredding process is so thorough that the documents are shredded into tiny pieces that can never be put together. There is a strict chain of custody so that the documents are never left unattended.
Affordable Shredding Service
If you were to try to implement a shredding process in-house, you would have to make a significant financial investment as such costs include: industrial shredding machine, space to accommodate the shredder, paying an employee to manage the document shredding program, and maintaining the shredder. You will save much more money when you hire a document shredding company as the fees are very affordable. It is much less expensive to use a confidential waste service as they have done all of the work to ensure complete security.
Convenient Shredding Options
When you hire a document shredding company, you have a choice of confidential waste services – on-site shredding and off-site Shredding. Both are completely secure, but with the on-site shredding service, the company will bring an industrial shredded with them on the back of their truck. They will retrieve your documents and put them through the shredder right at your location and you can watch the shredding process which only takes a few minutes or so. It is very convenient. With both options, the shredded remains are taken to a recycling facility.
There is a lot that confidential waste services can do for your business. You will save money and time, and you will never have to worry about your Nottingham confidential waste falling into the hands of criminals. Your business will maintain a good reputation and you will not have to worry about loss of business, fines, and lawsuits.
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