Author: Tony Hughes

Lots of Confidential Waste? Here’s How We Can Help

Lots of Confidential Waste? Here’s How We Can Help

For many businesses, confidential waste can be an issue. How to dispose of all that sensitive information in a responsible way?

Everybody knows screwing up piece of paper and carelessly throwing them in a nearby bin is not the safest way to keep your data private. After all, you wouldn’t throw a credit card away without cutting it up first!

At Confidential Document Destruction, here’s how we can help protect your confidential information while we dispose of it.

Why Confidentiality in the Workplace Is Vital

Why Confidentiality in the Workplace Is Vital

Many may wonder why confidentiality in the workplace is so important. A lot of those reasons are pretty obvious, from employee financial information to tax figures. There are more, however, that aren’t so obvious. Trade secrets, for example, can be considered confidential including contact details for suppliers. It is important not only to protect confidential…

How Paper Gets Recycled

Millions of tons of paper are recycled every year in the UK alone. It’s a great way of saving trees and thereby protecting the environment. But how exactly is paper recycled? How does it go from being a used newspaper to a new sheet of A4? Let’s take a look at the process in detail….

Businesses That Leaked Information

1) Wells Fargo In 2017, when the huge American banking conglomerate was subpoenaed to send over documents and email relating to the case, they accidentally sent over gigabytes of extremely sensitive information that included customer’s names, their Social Security numbers, and their banking history. The files were handed over with no protective orders, making it…