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Can my ongoing shredding service have an on-demand schedule?
The answer is simple: Absolutely. Businesses today generate confidential paperwork constantly — invoices, employee records, customer files, medical paperwork, legal documents, tax information, and enough...

Would You Like To Have Your Documents Shredded Tomorrow?
When people start looking for paper shredding services, they’re usually not planning for something six weeks from now. Most are ready to get it done...

How to Get the Most Value From a One-Time Purge Shredding Service
Large document cleanouts often involve more than simply getting rid of old paperwork. When confidential records have accumulated over several years, businesses need to determine...

Will a Shredding Company Carry My Documents Up the Stairs?
If you’re staring at a mountain of old paperwork tucked away in a basement, stacked in a second-floor office, or hiding in that one closet...
Can I Watch My Documents Being Shredded?
You absolutely can. And honestly? A lot of people do. At FileShred, we’ve discovered something surprising over the years: watching confidential documents get shredded is...

Can a Local Shredding Company Do Everything a National Company Can Do?
It’s a fair question—and honestly, one we hear all the time. When it comes to document shredding, many people assume that bigger automatically means better....
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You’re Not Being as Safe as You Think
If you follow our blog regularly, you know that FileShred is proud to be NAID certified. NAID (National Association for Information Destruction) is an international...

Is Your Company at Risk Due to Improper Document Shredding?
Most people don’t often think about information theft. They take security measures for their home, their car, their money, but it doesn’t usually occur to...

Document Destruction Doesn’t Happen in Your Trashcan
A common thing victims of digital identity theft often say is, “But I deleted all my files!” This is concerning for us at FileShred for...

Complying with HIPAA Policies in 2017
Last year saw a considerable amount of reinforcement efforts and resolution agreements from the Health and Human Services branch of HIPAA, as well as further...

FileShred Recieves NAID AAA Certification!
With more and more companies providing data destruction services throughout the country, the need to regulate the quality and security of these services increases as...

The Shredding Industry & Paper Recycling
A common question we get at FileShred is “What happens to the paper after it’s shredded?” It’s an understandable query given the incredibly high volume...

Benefit from Hard Drive Destruction in Hartford
The vast majority of businesses has gone digital. Gone are the days of having all your documents in a file cabinet or desk drawer. Because...

What Types of Documents Are Valuable to Identity Thieves?
Did you know that nearly 90% of identity thieves use sensitive information gained from print sources rather than those found online? Many people are surprised...

11 Fun and Fascinating Facts About Paper Shredding
You might think that the task of paper shredding is a little like watching paint dry, but you’d be wrong. Document destruction not only has...

5 Reasons You Can’t Afford NOT to Use a Document Shredding Service
You’ve got stacks of paper piling up in your office. Most of it is completely unnecessary, documents you’ll never look at again. A lot of...

Think You Know All About Identity Theft? These 4 Facts Will Shock You.
You’ve heard all kinds of stories about people who have had their identities stolen, but you never think it could happen to you. Well, you’d...

To Shred or Not to Shred? A Beginner’s Guide to Safely Discarding Sensitive Information
Did you know that approximately 15 million U.S. residents have their identities used fraudulently each year? Identity theft is a real and growing threat. In...
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