 Attorneys
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Do You Know Why You Should
Shred? |
Attorneys:
As most law firms
know, few security measures are more
essential than legal document
destruction. Considering the amount of
private information contained in legal
documents, secure legal document
destruction is nothing short of a
necessity. There is no excuse not to
protect your client’s information as
vigorously as you protect their
interests. The last thing you want is
confidential client information finding
their way into the hands of identity
thieves. Protect yourself and your
practice with a professional service
that does the job thoroughly and with
integrity
Document shredding
goes much faster with outsourcing, and
in almost all cases, is cheaper and
reduces liability. Common sense
dictates that highly sensitive
information that involve legal affairs
should not be left to entry level
employees for shredding. In addition,
often information that should be
shredded is thrown away. This is not an
acceptable procedure for the disposal of
information that is mandated by law to
be destroyed.
Old paperwork is
simply warehoused on or off-site and
accessed as needed. Some lawyers
routinely establish a 5 or 10 year
timeline, after which they go through
files, discarding all but such critical
documents such as wills, deeds,
intellectual property documents,
corporate documents for active
corporations, the law firm’s own
financial and tax documents, etc.
Lawyers and their
clients tend to forget that saving
unnecessary documents, paper or
electronic, can constitute a significant
danger. Why have such a liability when
this information is not needed anymore,
and the possibility of it being stolen
or not being disposed of properly.
Hiring a
professional shredding company, such as,
Approved Information Destruction, Inc.
helps you reduce this liability by
securely shredding this information.
This reduces your liability, minimizes
your storage expenses, and frees up your
personnel to focus on your clients.
Outsourcing document-destruction also
saves time and money because the
individual or company no longer needs to
own, or lease, and then maintain, a
consumer shredder designed to handle
only a few sheets of paper at a time.
Commercial shredders easily handle thick
files, metal clips, and staples. A
typical drawer of files weighs
approximately 60 pounds. A commercial
shredding company can shred 30 to 50
such storage boxes per hour.
Finally, 17 trees
are saved for every ton of paper that is
shredded and recycled. Utilizing a
professional shredding company helps the
environment because all shredded
material is recycled rather than used in
a landfill.
A.I.D. in Identity Theft Protection"