byAlma Abell

Every business has confidential information that it doesn’t want shared. It can ruin employee morale when people find out their co-workers’ salaries. Profits can suffer, if a competitor gains access to product secrets and sales trends. Businesses are usually very careful about who has access to this information, while it is being used. However, when it comes time to destroy it, they often let any employee with free time dispose of it. Unfortunately, employees can be paid for this information or they may just gossip with their friends. Professional Document Destruction Shredding in Los Angeles is a better strategy.

Employees who have the authority to access the confidential paperwork simply put it in secure bins. Technicians from the shredding company take those bins and dump the papers into large and powerful shredders. They never see or read anything that is written on the papers. Shredding companies can bring their shredders to any site. This is the most secure way to destroy documents. It is also the most expensive. Companies with less confidential materials can lower their costs by allowing the company to take their paperwork to a secure facility and shred it there. Because most businesses use computers, it is often necessary to destroy electronic files as well as paper files. The same company can perform both tasks.

Business often have to show government regulators or clients proof that they have properly disposed of the documents. Companies that perform Document Destruction Shredding in Los Angeles keep very careful records. Each bin that holds documents has a barcode. The technician scans the barcode before he transfers the contents of each bin into the larger collection bin. He carefully measures how many documents are taken from each bin. The collection bin is kept locked until it is transferred to the truck that contains the shredder. It is placed on a lift that tilts it directly into the shredder. A shredding certificate is printed out immediately.

Shred Confidential is one of the companies in the Los Angeles region that destroys corporate documents. Call Us Today for a FREE Consultation & Estimate. We will be happy to explain how seriously we take your corporate security needs.

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