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What to Shred
All businesses produce sensitive information that would be of interest to others. What constitutes confidential information that thieves might want from you?
Account Records
Bids and Proposals
Blank Checks
Blueprints and Engineering Drawings
Budget Data
Cancelled Checks
Competitive Information
Computer Printouts
Contracts
Copies of Checks
Correspondence and Memos
Credit Card Receipts
Credit Information
Customer Lists |
Deposit Slips
Employment Applications
Expense Reports
Expired Coupons
Extra Photocopies
Financial Records
Insurance Information
Inventory Reports
Invoices
Legal Documents
Loan Applications
Loan Documents
Marketing (Strategic) Plans
Medical Records and Charts |
Meeting Minutes
Misprints
Outdated Business Records
Passwords/PIN #’s
Payroll Records
Personnel Files
Prescriptions
Price Lists
Production Reports
Purchase Orders
R & D Information
Sales Lists and Statistics
Social Security #’s
Tax Records |
Documents should not be saved beyond their legal retention period. Most documents have legal retention periods ranging from one to seven years (retention periods will vary depending upon the type of document)
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