SHRED-IT: When you are serious about protecting your information
The information age is well and truly here and as a result, a company's information has become its single most valuable resource. This resource and its proper use separate the successful from the failing, and it is for this reason that information protection has become paramount in the minds of all managers.
In addition to the commercial considerations, in many instances the protection of this information has become legislated. Schedule 1 Principal 7 of the Data Protection Act of 1998 states: "Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorized and unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data."
Many companies have policies that they believe to be secure, including in-house shredders and/or recycling companies. The biggest issue with in-house shredders (aside from their speed and susceptibility to jamming and breaking) is ensuring staff compliance. Many members of staff are unaware of the company's policies regarding document safety and leave sensitive documents lying around or discard them with the regular rubbish stream. In addition to paper, many firms have failed to make allowance for electronic information, including CD's, disks, and videotapes, ID cards and even hard drives.
As far as recycling companies are concerned, once the material has left the customer's premises, there are no safeguards in place to ensure the secure destruction of this material. Given these problems (and others), more and more organisations around the world are turning to companies like Shred-it. Compared to the potential losses from lawsuits or negative publicity, the investment in Shred-it's service provides not only unparalleled security but also the peace of mind that comes from knowing a company's most valuable asset is in the hand of one of the world's most trusted service providers.
Shred-it's customer service representatives undergo exhaustive background checks and training prior to handling our customer's materials. In addition, we provide all customers with a Certificate of Destruction on-site to certify that all materials have been destroyed prior to leaving our customer's location. Should our customers wish, they could observe the entire process, from collection through to final destruction.
Celebrating our 15th anniversary in 2003, Shred-it has become the largest mobile on-site document destruction and recycling company in the world, with 110 branches servicing over 120,000 clients across five continents. In fact, we pioneered the concept of the single source solution for secure document destruction. Shred-it's commitment to the highest level of security has earned us the right to conduct business with some of the most security conscious organisations in the world, with our offerings designed from the ground up to fit our customers' needs. No matter the type of business, our customers can be confident in the fact that they are dealing with the world's leading document destruction company.
Shred-it's dedication to customer service is built upon four cornerstones: Security, Convenience, Cost Efficiency and our unparalleled Service Network. In fact, in a recently completed worldwide study by Navicom Inc., an independent third-party research firm, 94% of Shred-it's customers rated our service as Excellent and indicated they would definitely refer us to their colleagues.
As a leading innovator in the recycling field, Shred-it's trucks are equipped with custom-built shredders that can quickly and efficiently destroy everything from paper documents to computer disks to license plates. In 2002, our recycling efforts accounted for seven percent of the world's recycled office paper.
This means that together with our customers, Shred-it helped to save more than three million trees and protect the homes of precious wildlife around the world. At Shred-it, we are proud of what we have accomplished during the last fifteen years, and anxiously anticipate servicing the needs of our valued customers, both now and well into the future.
The Shred-it Advantage
Shred-it provides the most effective and cost-efficient alternative for managing your sensitive document destruction and disposal requirements. We deliver a wide range of services that can be customized to your business needs - regardless of volume or location. Customers can choose from a variety of service and payment plans tailored to address their one-time, short-term or long-term requirements.
Our services deliver a number of benefits including:
- On site destruction in a secure environment
- A minimum of 25% reduction in overall disposal costs
- Service from vetted and bonded personnel
- Centralized management of National programs
- Regional, National and International service coverage
- Destruction of electronic media
- Regularly scheduled or call-in service
- Guaranteed results
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