document shredding
Confidential waste disposal
Document shredding is the destruction of papers by cutting them into strips or confetti-like pieces, typically to protect sensitive information from unauthorized access.
Businesses shred financial records, legal documents, and personnel files.
The practice became standard after high-profile cases of identity theft and corporate espionage: The company requires document shredding for anything with customer data.
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- paper jamStuck sheet in printer
- confettiThrown celebration scraps
- stripsNarrow cut pieces
- crosscutPerpendicular timber cut
cross cut · confidential · destroy · clean sweep · dispose · bin · security · identity · theft · office · office supplies · machine · blades · noise · pulp · sensitive · records · files
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- political scandalsWatergate, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Teapot Dome, coverup
- Security Trainingphishing, passwords, lockdown drills, active shooter, access control
- servicescleaning services, streaming, delivery services, salon, bellhop
- corporate crimescorporate fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, price fixing, embezzlement
document shreddingarchiving
Storing for long-term keeping
record keeping · filing · document storage · safekeeping · conservation
document shreddingtransparency
State of being see-through
document sharing · whistleblowing · freedom of information · declassification · disclosure
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