Why do we need Shredding Services?

#1 Compliance with the Law

HIPPA, FACTA, SOX, and GLBA are all in place to make sure that law firms, healthcare organizations, financial services providers, government, education, and many other business sectors destroy confidential information responsibly. Document destruction services ensure compliance with these policies and confidence with your customers.

#2 Preventing Identity Theft/Scams

Personally identifiable information (PII) and Personal Health Information (PHI) should be properly destroyed beyond recognition to ensure no person can get to this sensitive information. Office strip shredders can easily allow information to be pieced together by hand.

#3 Eliminating Clutter & Fire Hazards

Too much clutter will significantly increase your risk of a fire in your workplace. Having a collection of paper across your workplace will add fuel for the fire to spread faster.

#4 Protecting the Environment

Any company with a solid social responsibility policy will encourage paper recycling. At Summit Shredding we collect the paper scraps to be bailed and properly recycled to be made into a variety of recycled paper products.

Theft & Failed Compliance Statistics

  • In 2021, there were 2.7 million cases of fraud and 1.4 million cases of identify theft reported by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Fraud is very common, but it can be prevented by making sure your information is properly destroyed.

  • According to the 2015 BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report 1 in 5 data breaches involve paper records.

Shredding services are a vital piece to any organizations values and responsibilities

Compliance, protection from scammers, eliminating hazards, and doing our part to protect the environment are all key factors that go into why shredding is an important role in any organizations regular operations.