Are you stuck looking at a pile of paperwork wondering what do you need to shred and what can just go in the bin? Here is our guide on what you need to ensure you shred securely:
1) Anything with names, addresses, date of birth, bank details, passwords and other confidential information on. It is crucial to ensure you are securely shredding anything with your personal information on as if you don’t, it may fall into the wrong hands which is a big problem and leaves you at risk of fraud.
2) Documents to shred include passports, bills, bank statements, invoices, delivery notes, customer files, medical records and other items that have confidential information written on them.
3) If you are a business, you need to make sure that you are securely shredding all your customers information as well. Anything to do with customers and supplies ought to be securely shredded so that you are compliant with GDPR.
When it comes to shredding, you are always best to air on the side of caution and shred items if you are not sure. If you are not sure if it needs shredding or not then you may as well shred it so you have peace of mind.
If you have sorted through all your paperwork and have a shredding pile but don’t want to sit and shred it all yourself, we can help. Just load your paperwork for shredding into bags/boxes and bring it to us and we will do the shredding for you!
Our shredding service Wirral is for both domestic and commercial customers and we have no minimum or maximum quantity.
It will save you the time and hassle of shredding it yourself plus you know all your confidential information has been securely shredded and then recycled.
Another helpful hint to remember is that it isn’t just paperwork that holds your confidential information. Computer and laptop hard drives and memory sticks can also hold a lot of your own personal information as well as confidential information about friends, family and if it is business, customer and supplier information too.
So it is really important that you securely shred your hard drives from inside your computers and laptops and memory sticks to – find out more information on our Cheshire hard drive shredding service by clicking here.
If you want any more information on our paper shredding service or you would like to ask our team some shredding questions, check our our shredding drop off page by clicking here. Or contact us: Email: admin@ushred.co.uk or phone us: 0151 336 2122.