Shred on Site

Shredding has become an increasingly vital part of data protection in recent years. Safely disposing of documents, files and items that might contain sensitive data not only ensures that your business is compliant with data protection legislation but also helps to avoid fraud and identity theft, as well as keeping corporate processes and secrets safe. The first step to getting set up to shred documents is to get clear about what you can actually shred.

Shredding with Shred on Site

It’s amazing how unclear employees often are when it comes to what can be shredded - and what should be shredded. If you’re not sure how your business is doing when it comes to shredding then take a look at the business’ waste paper bins. This will soon show you just how much is being thrown out - and the risk that creates for your business - when it could be safely shredded instead. There are lots of different documents and items that you can shred with Shred on Site - here are some of them:

• Procurement shredding - you can shred everything from purchase orders and supplier records through to confidential information and corporate data about the business. Your business should have a safe disposal process set up for all of these.
• R&D - it’s vital to make sure that you shred the product of the R&D team to keep your innovation safe. That will include a whole range of items such as technical drawings and product plans, as well as formulas and experiment testing (and all ancillary documentation),  and monitoring and evaluation reports for the R&D team and everything that they are working on.
• Documents from management - there’s no doubt that management and the C-suite generate a lot of documents that could easily be damaging if they fell into the wrong hands. So, your business should be shredding business plans and strategic reports, budget reports and any emails that have been printed out in the course of business, as well as staffing information and management accounts.
• Operations documents - there’s a huge wealth of documents that are generated operationally that need to be safely disposed of to minimise the risk to your business. These include training information, sales and service information, marketing information, work reports, appraisals and staff documents as well as health and safety information.
• HR & payroll documents - this could be anything, from payroll information to appraisals, medical records to financial audits, bookkeeping reports, disciplinary hearings, employee handbooks and policies, as well as management accounts.
• Sales and marketing documents - sales and marketing shredding should include contracts, as well as any NDAs that are connected to the business, training information, marketing collateral and sales record sheets.

These are just some of the documents that your business should be shredding to ensure safety and compliance - and to minimse risk. You can shred all of these, and more, with the on-site shredding service from Shred on Site.

Get in touch with us today to request a quote for all your shredding needs, whether that’s a one-off service or setting up a regular service. Why not try our online tool.