How to dispose of an old computer

Getting rid of your old computer? You can ensure its hard drive doesn’t become a treasure chest for identity thieves by bringing it to us to securely destroying the hard drive. Computers often hold personal and financial information, including: When you save a file, especially a large one, it is scattered around the hard drive in bits and pieces. When …

Proper Disposal of Electronic Devices

Why is it important to dispose of electronic devices safely? In addition to effectively securing sensitive information on electronic devices, it is important to follow best practices for electronic device disposal. Computers, smartphones, and cameras allow you to keep a great deal of information at your fingertips, but when you dispose of, donate, or recycle a device you may inadvertently …

Top 5 Reasons to Shred your business documents

In today’s day and age, every business collects and maintains sensitive information. Although many businesses are making the shift to storing data electronically, there are still many businesses that store paper files. If you’re one of those businesses, you may be wondering what to do with those important documents when they’re no longer needed. Customer lists, payroll records, and credit …

Self Storage vs Secure File Storage

You ran out of office space so it seemed like a good idea to rent a self storage unit to house your company records but compared to utilizing Shred Shop of Memphis’ Secure Record Storage it pales by comparison. Here are the reasons that you should make the switch over to Shred Shop of Memphis. Costs to store at a …

Why Shredding your paper is so vital & important

In today’s digital age where everything we do is often online and accessible to everyone, each and everyone of us must safeguard ourselves against identity theft. It’s not just risky for the individual but can be a very damaging to a business and one that many never fully recover from. It compromises financial assets and so much more. That is …