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The Importance of Data Shredding for Businesses |
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By Adam W Smythe
 Many customers and indeed businesses will tend to do business with organisations they trust. Almost every business will gather some sort of information from customers, clients, organisations and businesses that is usually confidential in nature, so employing data shredding services for your business is being seen more and more as a necessity and legal requirement rather than as a moral obligation. Data shredding itself will prevent the confidentiality of customer, client or business information from being used for illegal or unauthorised purposes.
One of the biggest benefits of data shredding for businesses is the confidence and trust that is instilled. Business clients and consumers will readily understand that your business is serious about protecting any confidential information that is shared and gathered during any business process or transaction.
By law, it is a legal right under the Data Protection Act for any customer, consumer or even employee to have their own private and confidential information protected and secure, particularly in the wake of rising data fraud and illegal activities such as identity theft. Information that is used and stored
especially regarding to bank or credit card details, national insurance numbers, business contracts or quotes is usually high in sensitive and confidential data.
Discarding information inadequately and in an unsecure manner is highly dangerous and irresponsible behaviour. For example any business throwing away paper, documents, files or data drives in their usual waste disposal channels could find their clients and customers private and confidential data quickly in the wrong hands and increase the risk of identity theft and fraud. Any business that is liable in this way could face litigation and possible prosecution for not protecting their customers and clients data adequately enough.
Employing a professional security company who specialises in security shredding services and compliant in legislation such as the ISO 9001 standard and the BS EN 15713 Code of Practice for the Secure Destruction of Confidential Materials. Many shredding companies who now operate will readily provide businesses with Certificates of destruction so that they are legally covered against any legal action or accusation that may be brought against them.
Adam is a security expert in data shredding and currently works for one of the leading shredding companies in the UK, Russell Richardson.
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