Why Shred?

Overview

Business records and data contain sensitive information that must be protected as carefully as cash. Consider the value of your company's payroll records, confidential memos, client records, financial records, and other sensitive data. Now more than ever, businesses recognize the need for document and record shredding because information is one of the most important assets any organization has.

• Legal Requirements - As a business, you are legally obligated to protect sensitive information. Document and record destruction is one of the easiest and most effective ways to protect your sensitive business information and records.
• Protect Your Customers - Thieves are extremely knowledgeable about how to steal records from your company and use the information for financial gain at the expense of you and your customers. The effect is the same as monetary theft, but the impact is much farther reaching and far more damaging.
• Reduce Clutter and Need Less Storage - An additional benefit of regular record shredding is that it eliminates the need for storage space required to house boxes upon boxes of obsolete, but sensitive records. With routine shredding, organization and work flow improve tremendously.

Document shredding and records destruction is essential for the success and security of your business! Contact us at or email us to discuss your shredding needs.

Document Shredding Legal Requirements

Many companies are unaware of their legal requirements when it comes to document shredding.

For example, did you know in June, 2010 the Red Flag Rule will be in effect and it applies to virtually every person and business in U.S., requiring the destruction of all consumer information before it is discarded. This can apply to any business or person that has personal or company information on any document. This includes:

• Lenders
• Insurers
• Employers
• Landlords
• Auto Dealers
• All Educational Facilities
• Any and all retail companies regardless of size

For additional information and resources, please see our document shredding – laws & liability page.

A compliant record destruction plan is needed to assure your protection. Contact us at or email us to discuss your shredding needs.

Why use a Shredding Service?

Though most companies understand the need for records destruction for the protection of their business, many underestimate the effort and diligence involved in doing it effectively.

Without a solid regimen in place, shredding practices may be overlooked. Particularly when workloads are heavy, sensitive records may be simply discarded by employees who let their guard down. Unfortunately, information predators are always looking for such opportunities when records and documents are vulnerable. Partnering with DNT Shredding takes away the worry, and we offer a variety of flexible service options.

DNT helps you to:

• be aware of everything that needs to be shredded. Information thieves are experts when it comes to exploiting data and may be able to use records that a company may not consider sensitive.
• deal with large volumes of data and records require destruction, which leads to the problem of capability. Most offices do not have the equipment or manpower to keep up with effective record and document shredding.
• be assured of the security of the shredded material after its disposal. With DNT Shredding as your data and records destruction partner, you won't have to worry.

While companies would like the depend on their employees to be honorable and trustworthy, the sad reality is that disgruntled and unscrupulous associates can do serious damage to a company by gaining access to restricted records and data. Once records become trash, their sensitivity does not diminish. If any employee who has access to a trash can or recycling bin has access to this information, the potential for harm is serious. DNT Shredding offers you the security of a record destruction service that keeps confidential information away from any threats, external or internal. Click to learn more about how it works.

Contact us at or email us to discuss your shredding needs.

Why not just recycle?

The importance of recycling is undeniable, but it is no substitute for a reputable document shredding service. There are many reasons why simply recycling may not provide you with the protection you need.

* Unlike record destruction companies, recycling businesses are not focused on protecting your security.

* The people and processes they employ are not scrutinized for achieving high levels of confidentiality. Material that is sent for recycling often gets sorted, with non-recyclable material being simply discarded. This means that your sensitive records may end up vulnerable.

With DNT Shredding, you can be assured of your security and also enjoy the comfort of working with a company that is environmentally concerned. We recycle our shredded materials, and provide our clients with certification detailing our recycling program.

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