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What Is Confidential Shredding?

By Hagen Dunkan

Confidential shredding of classified documents is a must for businesses and individuals. In large corporations a professional shredding vendor performs this task and often a designated employee observes the actual shredding. Some shredding services insist on this for their own security while others don't. If this is important for your business, include it in the contracts or the work order. It's the safer way, because allowing a mobile shredding vendor to haul away confidential documents doesn't imply for sure that the documents will be shredded.

Confidential shredding in certain industries is a top priority. Imagine clients submitting financial information to accounting firms. Both must agree on how financial information is disposed of. Also in various chemical, mechanical and architectural engineering companies where design is proprietary and based on client information, confidential shredding is critical. The same applies for environmental consultants, given the confidentiality agreements between consultant and client to dispose of obsolete state and local environmental compliance documents.

By confidential shredding individuals can avoid identity theft. The personal shredder is the least expensive method of dealing with these security issues. There are many differences in shredder systems. In gerneral there are two types of paper shredders. The cross-cut shredder cuts paper both length-wise and width-wise, insuring so the maximum security for confidential documents. Another advantage is the reduced paper waste by reducing the volume of the shredded paper. With this shredder the confidential shredding includes als an easier disposal of the waste. In fairness it should be admitted that cross-cut paper shredders require more maintenance. These kind of shredders are generally preferable for more highly confidential documents where secure shredding is key.

The second type of shredder for confidential shredding is the strip cut shredder. A strip cut shredder shreds the paper length-wise, hence the name. With this type shredder, the disposal is more frequent and not very compact, but the strip-cut requires little or almost no maintenance.

Other features to be considered on confidential shredding are the number of pages that can be shredded at once. Check also the shredder manual as to whether the shredder also shreds other items like credit cards, CD-ROMs, DVD and stapled documents. The size of the shredder may also be important if space is an important consideration. And don't just throw away shredded paper. It can be safely used in differnt ways. If you're a handy crafter, it can be used in craft projects from pillow stuffing to making dolls. There are also several companies who purchase it at a reasonable rate.

Confidential shredding is a routine task for home offices and businesses alike. It's the best way to insure that confidential documents remain confidential.

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