FAQ

1. Who Should Use DataShredder? Is My Business Too Small?
  • Any business, of any size, that produces and maintains client/customer information.
  • Any business, of any size, which wishes to eliminate valuable, internal information: R&D, financials, sales info, etc.
  • Any residence wishing to keep their personal tax, credit, banking, insurance and identity information secure
  • Financial: Insurance, Banks, Mortgage Lenders, Credit Card companies, etc.
  • Healthcare: Hospitals, Clinics, Labs, Practices, MRI Centers, etc.
  • Professional Services: Attorneys, CPAs, Architects, Engineers, Advertising, etc.
  • Retail: Departments Stores, Chains, Health Clubs, etc.
  • Hospitality: Hotels, Restaurants, etc.
  • Hi-tech: Software, Hardware, Telecommunications, etc.
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​2. Why Should I Trust DataShredder To Dispose Of My Sensitive Information?
  • DataShredder is a mobile on-site solution: your information is destroyed right on site at your company or residence, avoiding the possibility of loss, misplacements or theft. If you choose our even more affordable off-site shredding services, your materials are locked and secured until they reach our service facility and are destroyed immediately upon arrival.
  • A Certificate of Destruction is provided at each service call to document the proper and secure destruction of all data and media.
  • DataShredder is fully insured and an approved member of NAID (National Association for Information Destruction). Further, each of our professional Service Technician is bonded for your protection and peace-of-mind.
  • DataShredder ensures environmentally friendly recycling of all destroyed materials. We never incinerate our paper, media or electronics.

3. Why Not Do It Myself?
Great Question! There Are A Plethura Of Reasons Why Companies – Large And Small, As Well As Residents Should Trust Their Information Destruction Needs To DataShredder. Here Are Just A Few:
  • Businesses need to protect against external as well as internal threats. Most often, the task of shredding is delegated to one of the companies lowest paid employees. You’ll want to ask yourself how secure your customer database is in the hands of an employee who’d have a lot to gain by selling it to your fiercest competitor. Or, how appropriate it is for your entire staff’s payroll records or trade secrets to be in the hands of your least compensated employee.
  • How valuable is your time? You (or one of your employees) could spend time removing staples, paper clips, preparing documents and then finally shredding them – or, that time could be better allocated to business activities that will actually expand or enhance your own business. Let’s say you pay an hourly wage for an administrative assistant to handle the shredding in your office. Or, perhaps your company has each employee shred their own material with a small shredder under their desk – which means your most valuable human resources are not generating revenue for your business. The time it takes to prepare the documents and perform the actual shredding, DataShredder’s Scheduled Service could have easily paid for itself!
  • The cost of appropriate office shredding equipment: Commercial/Office grade shredders start at over $1,000 and can climb as high, with maintenance and service, to $3800. It’s true, you can purchase a paper shredder at your local retail store for under $50, but anyone who has ever used a shredder, such as this, for anything more than their Mastercard bill can tell you, in an office environment, this simply will not do. And, all office shredders, regardless of price, will contaminate your office space with disruptive noise and unnecessary and potentially harmful dust/debris. The amortization and maintenance costs, included with the cost of the labor to prepare documents (discussed above) winds up shockingly more expensive than Scheduled Service Plan with DataShredder. Call us toll-free at 1-800-622-1808 to discuss our various and affordable plans.

4. How Does DataShredder’s Services Improve The Current Situation?
  • DataShredder provides your company or your household with a superior, convenient, secure, cost-efficient and environmentally-friendly alternative to your current situation.
  • Enables businesses to fully develop procedures and process for proper and secure destruction of information
  • Dramatically reduces the associated costs, risks and dangers of improper information destruction. In these FAQ’s, we’ve discussed the costs a business suffers, the risks involved with adhering to government regulations as well as the environmental hazards associated with improper shredding/destruction/recycling procedures.
  • DataShredder is proud to stand by it’s Peace of Mind Policy which ensures all of our customers are provided with a Certificate of Destruction with each (and every) service. Further, DataShredder’s Peace of Mind Policy guarantees our commitment to your security and the environment, evident with our 100% customer satisfaction, our relationship with NAID (National Association for Information Destruction), our Certified and Preferred Vendor status with Harvard University, as well as our commitment to proper and responsible recycling all destroyed materials – for the good of the environment.

5. What Happens If Your Employees Misuses The Information From The “To Be Shredded” Documents? Are You Insured?
  • All DataShredder employees are properly screened for background checks including criminal records, DMV history and credit report.
  • Each DataShredder Service Technician is bonded for your protection and peace-of-mind.
  • DataShredder is fully insured and licensed. We are always proud to supply a list of professional references from various industries.