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The FBI estimates the theft of proprietary information costs U.S. corporations $24 billion annually. What is the cost to your company, your customers and your employees if sensitive information were to fall into the wrong hands?

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Lighten your load with Ohio Mobile Shredding.

Rather than paying to move boxes or files you no longer need call Ohio Mobile Shredding. We can pick them up before your move and shred them quickly and securely in our mobile shredding truck or at our secure shredding facility.

Do you need to clean out filing cabinets before your move? Call Ohio Mobile Shredding. We will loan you our document containers to make the job easy for you. Simply wheel our containers up to your filing cabinets and deposit the documents you no longer need. When the containers are full, give us a call. We will bring you more empty ones if you need them and shred the full ones quickly and securely in our mobile shredding truck or at our facility. There is no charge for the temporary use of our containers.

As always, with all of our services, we will issue you a detailed custodial audit trail for your records and a Certificate of Destruction after every visit.

Setting up a new office is a great time to implement better document security practices

No matter if you are a small business or a large corporation, ensuring the confidentiality of your documents, and those of your customers, is absolutely critical to protect your bottom line. Only secure destruction of your documents can ensure that your sensitive information won’t end up in the wrong hands.

Ohio Mobile Shredding can help you set up our EasyShred℠ service saving you the time and distraction of establishing your own shredding program. EasyShred℠ is the most convenient, secure, and inexpensive way for your company to manage the collection, storage and destruction of its confidential documents.

Call our document security specialist today at (614) 236-1979 for a free consultation and site survey. No matter if you need one container, or one hundred, we can help you design an EasyShred℠ program that’s just right for you.

EasyShred℠ – 3 simple steps to total document security

We provide your business, free of charge, locking document disposal containers to conveniently place throughout your office. Your staff members deposit documents to be shredded into the containers whenever needed.

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We know that moving can be stressful and we are happy to help you make a smooth transition to your new office.

Call (614) 236-1979, to talk with our document security specialists today.

When to Shred Documents

Scalet, Sarah D. “When to Shred Documents” CSO online Jan. 2007

When Hewlett-Packard’s overzealous investigation into boardroom leaks hit the news last fall, many people were shocked—shocked!—to hear that the tech giant may have hired third-party investigators to go through individuals’ trash. In fact, Dumpster diving is a favorite technique of investigators, and depending on the circumstances—such as local laws and whether trash pickup occurs on public property—it is often legal.

All of which creates the need for employees to shred sensitive documents. Below are a few best practices you can share with colleagues.

Remember that trash is not inherently private. In 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans do not have a right to privacy when it comes to their trash. What’s more, the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, which made it a federal offense to steal trade information, does not protect companies that fail to take reasonable steps to protect their information.

Keep documents only as long as you need to, then follow the instructions for disposal. Especially in regulated industries such as health care and financial services, your company should have policies in place for how long different types of documents should be kept on hand. Be familiar with the retention policies for documents you handle, and make sure you follow the instructions for disposing of them as soon as the retention period is up.

Don’t shred documents out of turn—such as when your company is about to get sued. It will make you look guilty, and the law is not in your favor.

When customer or employee information is headed for the trash, destroy it if it contains information that you would not want made public about yourself. Documents that contain names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, account balances, health conditions or other personal information should always be shredded.

Shred trash-bound documents that could help the competition. Customer lists, sensitive pricing information, strategic planning documents and trade secrets should never just be tossed in the garbage or recycle bin.

Be especially diligent if you deal with information from consumer reports. The Fair Credit Reporting Act protects credit reports and credit scores as well as reports relating to employment background, check writing history, insurance claims, residential or tenant history, or medical history. Anyone who handles this type of information—from a large mortgage company on down to a family hiring a nanny—must follow strict disposal guidelines that may reasonably include burning, pulverizing or shredding papers so that the information cannot be read or reconstructed.

Speak up if the shredding system in your department is so onerous that people avoid it. Companies have many options for shredding documents, from a $40 cross-cut shredder to outsourced services that will pick up locked bins of sensitive documents, shred them onsite for a fee based on quantity and provide a certificate of destruction.