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What You Need to Shred Today |
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Posted: 30th December 2011 |
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You’ve seen the commercials and heard the stories of
identty thieves rummaging through garbage cans to
retrieve statements, bills and other sensitive documents
that were unwittingly discarded. The crime data shows
that this is no stretch of the truth. It does happen.
But, does that mean you should be hovering over your
shredder every night feeding it every loose piece of
paper in the house? Not necessarily. It’s always better
to be safer than sorry, but you could wear out a lot of
shredders..
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Identity theft experts say that the most
critical documents that need shredding right
now are credit card applications and expired
credit cards.
Additionally, expired passports, visas and
identification cards should be destroyed
immediately. |
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Other documents can be divided into a
monthly, yearly, and 5 to 10 year shredding
schedule. For instance, credit card receipts –
monthly; pay stubs – yearly; tax records – after 7
years. With electronic statements and other forms of
Internet transactions, you should be able to cut way
down on your need to shred.
Shredders can be purchased at any office
supply store for as little as $30. However, it’s
recommended that you use a cross-cut shredder that
more completely mutilates your documents. Also, it’s
worth the extra $15 or $20 to buy a more heavy-duty
shredder that can easily shred 10 or more documents
at a time, and that can handle compact discs,
staples and thick envelopes..
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