Because Every Organisation Discards Confidential Information! On a daily basis, your organisation's personnel handle confidential information that may be discarded almost immediately. This could include . . .

• memorandum
• phone messages
• misprinted forms
• copies of forms
• drafts of correspondence

. . . all potentially putting your company at risk if not properly destroyed.

These materials accumulate fast. Without a convenient solution, employees often simply discard them with the rubbish. This practice leads to the risk of fines, litigation and embarrassing headlines.

To Comply with the Law! It is violation of the law (Data Protection Directives) even to risk allowing unauthorized access to the personal information of customers and clients. No one could argue that allowing such information to be discarded with the general waste or hauled off as "recycling" does not constitute such a risk.

Because Identity Theft is Growing and Customers are Unforgiving! The wave of identity theft and identity fraud is spreading from North America to Europe. In fact, as the laws and enforcement regarding identity crimes have tightened in the US and Canada, criminals have set their sights on Europe. Two studies in the US clearly showed two facts about identity crimes; 1) These criminals primarily rely on low tech methods to collect the personal information they need to commit the crime - like digging in the trash skip, and 2) Customers are unforgiving when they learn an organisation has not properly cared for their information.

Because Information Destruction is An Easy Solution! Many of the measures organizations must take to protect their information are complicated and expensive. That is not the case with secure shredding. Making sure that no one has access to the information your organisation discards is one of the easiest security measures you can take. Any NAID-Europe member will gladly explain how the service works.

Because Information Destruction is the Right Thing to Do! When making a decision about how you will discard your organisation's confidential waste, you want to do the right thing. Think about how you would want your information treated. Your customers trust you to make the right decision about protecting their information. Your shareholders and company management expect you to be protecting the organisation's trade information. Information destruction is the right thing to do.