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CERTIFIED DESTRUCTION

In today's competitive business world, your company's most valuable asset is information...in the form of financial records, personnel files, payroll data, customer lists, contracts, marketing plans, computer disks, etc. But problems can arise when this information is no longer required, because it is often discarded carelessly.

If your company's information were to fall into the wrong hands, the result could be anything from embarrassment to catastrophic loss of revenue, not to mention your valuable reputation.

In fact, under various state and federal regulations, including the 1974 Federal Privacy Act, if your personnel files or other types of records are disclosed to outside parties, even by accident, it could be grounds for a lawsuit.

Every medical related organization is required to insure patient confidentiality under the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Full compliance is mandated for April 14, 2003 and failure to comply can result in severe fines and criminal prosecution.

Similarly, financial privacy is insured by mandatory compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

Simply "throwing things away" cannot possibly provide the security you need. Wastebaskets and trash bins are easy to search, and crumpled papers are easy to read. With the recent emergence of "dumpster diving," rifling through trash is an effortless way for anyone to obtain your company's confidential information.

Shredding is the most reliable and economical way to keep your unwanted and obsolete records from being read by the wrong people.

6 REASONS WHY NOT TO BUY A SHREDDER AND SHRED IT YOURSELF...

Your employees should only be exposed to information on a need-to-know basis, and much of what would be destroyed is not information that most employees would need to see or should see.
When a company shreds everything it should, office shredders won't handle the volume.
The output of an office shredder is very slow, making it very expensive for employees to waste time doing it.
Using a contractor to shred on a regular basis avoids the appearance of impropriety.
Office shredders often breakdown, causing employees to discontinue shredding, thereby putting the organization at risk.
The space required for the necessary equipment to do the whole job the right way is significant, as is the expense of the equipment.

Let Metro Business Archives do the shredding for you! We provide the highest security available, conveniently located here in Berrien County.

Metro Business Archives is a member in good standing of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) and we adhere to its strict code of ethics.

Call today for a free estimate

For no charge, Metro Business Archives will help evaluate your information security needs to assure you the most secure, cost-effective document destruction program available.

Please remember...your employee, customer, patient, accounting, sales, internal policy information, and other materials is confidential and too valuable to risk falling into the wrong hands. Don't take the chance with the normal waste removal process; your information is not guaranteed to remain private if and when it arrives at the landfill and assuming it doesn't blow out of the trash bag or truck first.

For a no-obligation appointment to discuss your records destruction requirements please use the contact tab at the top of this page or give us a call at 269.926.4100

Proud member of the National Association for Information Destruction

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